Culture afb any source at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$11.25
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.
$25.00
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.
$7.12 with Blue Shield CA vs $102.88 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $7.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.66 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10.05 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $10.83 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $12.31 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12.37 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.84 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.96 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.96 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.96 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.96 | ↑ +15% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.08 | ↑ +16% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.08 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.08 | ↑ +16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.15 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $13.15 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15.46 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15.46 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15.46 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.02 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.02 | ↑ +69% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33.80 | ↑ +200% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $96.71 | ↑ +760% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102.88 | ↑ +814% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture afb any source at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $133.59 | $4.18 – $28.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $35.15 | $2.16 – $15.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $174.42 | $10.58 – $88.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $10.80 – $27.83 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.99 | $10.80 – $26.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.20 | $6.75 – $32.71 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $17.81 | $7.00 – $31.04 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $17.62 | $7.00 – $31.04 |