Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$57.60

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.

$128.00

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.

$19.93 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $20,963.00 with United — 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $19.93 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.93 ↓ -65%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $19.93 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.15 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.15 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $40.93 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $40.93 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $40.93 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $40.93 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $46.66 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $77.35 ↑ +34%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $83.30 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $95.20 ↑ +65%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.15 ↑ +76%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $101.15 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $104.72 ↑ +82%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $128.11 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $16,583.00 ↑ +28690%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,458.00 ↑ +30209%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,963.00 ↑ +36294%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.04 $30.15 – $148.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $33.39 $19.93 – $76.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.86 $19.93 – $205.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.58 $19.93 – $76.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.16 $19.93 – $144.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.43 $19.93 – $142.99
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $160.46 $28.10 – $224.80
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $112.20 not published

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