Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$54.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$10.08 with Blue Shield CA vs $591.92 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 $10.08 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.08 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.27 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.25 ↓ -74%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $15.34 ↓ -72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.53 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18.19 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.63 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $18.63 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.91 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.91 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $21.91 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.91 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.91 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $24.98 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.95 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.95 ↓ -50%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $68.58 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $556.41 ↑ +930%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $591.92 ↑ +996%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $343.40 $4.86 – $164.87
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $191.56 $12.30 – $71.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $623.22 $60.90 – $481.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $272.21 $6.47 – $160.11
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $356.31 $7.01 – $12.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $249.32 $3.50 – $188.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $280.11 $6.47 – $178.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $277.09 $6.47 – $178.56

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