Dacarbazine 100 mg 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

$52.20

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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.

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.

$116.00

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.

$4.31 with Blue Shield CA vs $98.60 with Multiplan — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4.31 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -91%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.97 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.15 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.81 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.81 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $6.88 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.88 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.18 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.18 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9.18 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $12.10 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $12.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.64 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14.69 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $14.90 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $16.41 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.18 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.34 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.10 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.07 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $75.40 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $78.88 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $92.80 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $98.60 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $98.60 ↑ +89%

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Dacarbazine 100 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $5.52 – $15.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $61.64 $5.97 – $141.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $54.49 $4.50 – $136.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $41.19 $3.82 – $50.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.74 $5.50 – $49.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $167.50 $9.01 – $18.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $167.50 $7.63 – $22.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $26.76 $3.60 – $51.66

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