Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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

$179.10

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$398.00

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.

$45.86 with Blue Shield CA vs $370.35 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $45.86 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.86 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $73.85 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $101.79 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $102.68 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $106.76 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $106.76 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $106.76 ↓ -40%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $115.42 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117.74 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $117.74 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $137.91 ↓ -23%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $170.81 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $173.32 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $190.91 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $203.49 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $216.45 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $258.70 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $270.64 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $318.40 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $338.30 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $338.30 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $367.71 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $370.35 ↑ +107%

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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $212.72 $63.72 – $487.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $194.83 $83.73 – $487.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $70.12 $42.40 – $102.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $262.33 $38.93 – $153.51
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $262.33 $46.44 – $153.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $45.28 $22.36 – $235.76
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $227.62 $47.61 – $153.51
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $95.28 $25.75 – $103.00

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