Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$639.45

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.

$1,421.00

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.

$119.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $119.19 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $146.60 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $146.60 ↓ -77%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $187.89 ↓ -71%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $187.89 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $548.90 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $548.90 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $548.90 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $548.90 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $625.75 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $923.65 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $966.28 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,136.80 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,207.85 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,207.85 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,278.90 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,364.16 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $1,364.16 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,421.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,718.06 ↑ +169%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +680%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +850%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +861%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +955%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00 ↑ +1218%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00 ↑ +1277%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +1350%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00 ↑ +1584%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +1926%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +3524%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +3552%

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $598.85 $146.60 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $595.68 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $613.76 $119.19 – $1,405.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $261.74 $31.83 – $120.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $562.13 $119.19 – $1,405.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $451.14 $119.19 – $972.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $446.28 $119.19 – $960.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,008.78 $577.20 – $7,483.00

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