Dipyridamole injection at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$11.70
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.
$26.00
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.
$0.86 with Blue Shield CA vs $26.00 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $0.86 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6.06 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6.14 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.39 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.39 | ↓ -45% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $7.98 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9.69 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $9.83 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $10.94 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.64 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.68 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $19.78 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $19.92 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $22.10 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.10 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.66 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Dipyridamole injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $19.67 | $2.52 – $17.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.65 | $4.51 – $14.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $71.58 | $9.12 – $37.24 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $26.78 | $4.75 – $20.05 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $27.25 | $4.09 – $20.58 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $33.31 | $4.04 – $85.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $7.67 – $30.79 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $7.67 – $33.33 |