Dextran 40 infusion at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$144.00
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.
$320.00
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.
$52.80 with United vs $280.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $52.80 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $65.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $65.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.70 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $77.30 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $78.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.20 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.02 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $85.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $105.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $106.67 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $117.48 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $124.83 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.78 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $182.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $190.40 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $224.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.27 | ↑ +56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $238.00 | ↑ +65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $238.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $265.38 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $267.29 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $280.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Dextran 40 infusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $35.37 – $102.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $137.20 | $51.53 – $343.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $50.83 | $24.83 – $88.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $50.28 | $27.50 – $110.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $110.79 – $165.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $110.79 – $197.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $32.93 | $23.40 – $144.63 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $65.33 | $110.79 – $164.79 |