Drill hole implt ventricular cath/device 61107 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

$1,138.05

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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.

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.

$2,529.00

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.

$448.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,016.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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

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 Medicaid|All Plans $448.58 ↓ -61%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $448.58 ↓ -61%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $448.58 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $678.65 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $678.65 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,643.85 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,643.85 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,669.14 ↑ +47%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,719.72 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,023.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,149.65 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,149.65 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,276.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,427.84 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $2,427.84 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,529.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↑ +453%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↑ +478%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +607%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,529.00 ↑ +913%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,016.00 ↑ +1307%

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Drill hole implt ventricular cath/device 61107 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $499.32 $307.80 – $889.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,552.95 $1,921.00 – $6,619.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,497.00 $448.58 – $4,038.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,594.26 $5,592.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,381.63 $5,835.00 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,108.34 $2,335.00 – $2,335.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $3,510.33 $5,981.00 – $9,031.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,380.21 $2,238.00 – $6,732.00

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