Drug test def 22+ classes 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

$81.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$82.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $2,352.13 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $82.80 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $82.80 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $100.80 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $117.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $149.40 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $153.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $153.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +113%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +113%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +113%
United Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $180.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $180.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $180.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $180.00 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $180.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $205.20 ↑ +153%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $221.40 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $221.40 ↑ +173%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $563.40 ↑ +596%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,211.05 ↑ +2630%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,352.13 ↑ +2804%

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Drug test def 22+ classes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.04 $90.00 – $636.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $119.88 $97.44 – $180.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $70.56 $48.60 – $747.93
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $90.00 – $709.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $90.00 – $709.57
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $102.78 $18.00 – $144.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $52.92 $37.80 – $180.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $140.04 $93.60 – $180.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →