Diphtheria-tetanus toxoids 0.5 ml (peds) 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

$310.91

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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.

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$690.90

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.

$24.72 with BCBS - Anthem vs $587.27 with First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $24.72 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $27.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $28.10 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $34.53 ↓ -89%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $69.05 ↓ -78%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $69.05 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $100.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $100.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $100.74 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $104.46 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $104.46 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $124.26 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $132.74 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $161.18 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $163.55 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $180.14 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $210.96 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $224.39 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $449.09 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $469.82 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $552.72 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $587.27 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $587.27 ↑ +89%

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Diphtheria-tetanus toxoids 0.5 ml (peds) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.20 $27.39 – $153.26
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $24.21 $19.31 – $47.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $130.80 $27.75 – $171.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $204.15 $23.63 – $36.16
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $75.08 $21.45 – $172.17
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $59.74 $27.75 – $172.17
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $106.59 $13.76 – $172.17
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $75.08 $19.42 – $195.00

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