Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$43.65

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.

$97.00

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.

$37.04 with COSC Psych vs $388.94 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.

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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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $37.04 ↓ -15%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $37.04 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.04 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $56.04 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $56.04 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $61.47 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $63.05 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $67.90 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $77.60 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.51 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.45 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $82.45 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $97.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $97.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $97.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $168.77 ↑ +287%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $365.62 ↑ +738%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $388.94 ↑ +791%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.46 $40.61 – $120.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.50 $7.85 – $42.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $206.04 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.38 $22.63 – $105.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $37.21 $11.39 – $43.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.75 $12.23 – $123.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.78 $32.50 – $117.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $43.31 $32.50 – $117.33

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