Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$16.89
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.
$37.52
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.
$1.91 with Cigna vs $31.90 with First Health — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1.91 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.03 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.10 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.10 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.38 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3.48 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.07 | ↓ -70% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.13 | ↓ -70% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $5.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $6.48 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7.08 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.76 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.76 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $8.34 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.18 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $24.39 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $25.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $30.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $31.90 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $31.90 | ↑ +89% |
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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $1.39 – $20.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $1.33 – $3.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $2.10 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $2.10 – $52.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $1.33 – $3.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $1.44 – $4.45 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $84.15 | $2.54 – $8.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $84.15 | $1.89 – $4.47 |