Dimecaprol injection 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

$355.94

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.

$790.96

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.

$47.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $672.32 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.79 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $54.42 ↓ -85%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $60.88 ↓ -83%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $60.88 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66.77 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $81.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $81.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $81.83 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $92.10 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $92.10 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Options PPO $98.69 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $105.90 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $105.90 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $105.90 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $107.82 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $130.93 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $132.85 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $146.33 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $155.47 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $165.37 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $330.53 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $332.90 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $514.13 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $537.86 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $632.77 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $672.32 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $672.32 ↑ +89%

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Dimecaprol injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $387.69 $60.88 – $969.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $284.56 $34.02 – $315.20
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $521.83 $43.04 – $43.04
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $386.77 $37.34 – $362.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $521.83 $42.51 – $42.51
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $211.26 $41.66 – $328.68
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $439.57 $44.77 – $436.10
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $314.63 $54.55 – $108.55

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