Connector tis 2x10mm at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$5,380.65
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$11,957.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$894.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,439.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $894.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,196.58 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,249.24 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,556.33 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,665.11 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,719.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3,017.47 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $3,045.84 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,209.63 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,426.57 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,535.35 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,698.52 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $3,752.91 | ↓ -30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,807.30 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,133.64 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,351.20 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,405.59 | ↓ -18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,623.15 | ↓ -14% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,623.15 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,786.32 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,895.10 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,439.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,439.00 | ↑ +1% |
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Connector tis 2x10mm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,529.91 | $608.42 – $608.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,453.86 | $1,775.00 – $6,390.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,405.84 | $971.44 – $6,887.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,387.87 | $658.59 – $658.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,682.94 | $785.59 – $785.59 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,686.24 | $1,551.33 – $1,551.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $3,682.94 | $787.51 – $787.51 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,470.78 | $1,292.20 – $4,970.00 |