Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$256.95
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.
$571.00
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.
$15.32 with BCBS - Anthem vs $20,963.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.32 | ↓ -94% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $279.43 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $279.43 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $279.43 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $279.43 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $284.86 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $318.55 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $371.15 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $398.05 | ↑ +55% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $399.70 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $456.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $485.35 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $485.35 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $502.48 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $670.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $713.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $874.62 | ↑ +240% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $905.00 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $947.00 | ↑ +269% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,157.00 | ↑ +350% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,583.00 | ↑ +6354% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,458.00 | ↑ +6694% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20,963.00 | ↑ +8058% |
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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $192.72 | $21.22 – $480.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $110.10 | $26.68 – $220.19 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $477.36 | $148.11 – $301.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $151.09 | $11.58 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $306.36 | $15.32 – $90.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $138.38 | $11.58 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $87.93 | $15.32 – $237.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $86.98 | $15.32 – $12,607.00 |