Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,967.85
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.
$4,373.00
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.
$242.69 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,505.03 with Cigna — 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $242.69 | ↓ -88% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $242.69 | ↓ -88% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $242.69 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $367.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $367.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $843.04 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,238.94 | ↑ +14% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,314.67 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,842.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,061.10 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,128.58 | ↑ +59% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,498.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,607.44 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,607.44 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.05 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,994.90 | ↑ +306% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,505.03 | ↑ +332% |
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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $742.41 | $367.17 – $2,368.99 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $580.42 | $107.65 – $839.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,039.42 | $242.69 – $4,445.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,796.87 | $242.69 – $2,146.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,627.59 | $242.69 – $2,704.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,691.02 | $242.69 – $3,646.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,672.79 | $242.69 – $3,600.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,741.25 | $698.35 – $1,668.27 |