Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart at Dominican Hospital

1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$18,048.60

Cash price

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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.

$40,108.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,203.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $42,470.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,203.26 ↓ -93%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $1,329.89 ↓ -93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1,329.89 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,480.01 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,480.01 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,418.90 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,418.90 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,418.90 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,418.90 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $5,037.55 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $9,380.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,420.00 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $11,553.00 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12,689.00 ↓ -30%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13,831.16 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18,797.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $19,646.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,989.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,015.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24,174.00 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26,070.20 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $28,075.60 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $30,401.00 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $32,086.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $34,091.80 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34,091.80 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $36,097.20 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $38,503.68 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $38,503.68 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40,108.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42,470.00 ↑ +135%

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Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,624.18 $1,480.01 – $17,138.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9,329.12 $1,203.26 – $21,361.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,288.06 $1,203.26 – $20,720.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,637.86 $1,203.26 – $12,135.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23,269.26 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $10,521.30 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $14,675.01 $1,048.57 – $41,928.60
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $20,996.19 $4,511.03 – $12,568.00

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