Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 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

$4,812.30

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$10,694.00

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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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$234.18 with BCBS - Anthem vs $24,019.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $234.18 ↓ -95%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $234.18 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $234.18 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $354.29 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $354.29 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,951.10 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,951.10 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,058.04 ↑ +47%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7,271.92 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,555.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,089.90 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,089.90 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,624.60 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,266.24 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $10,266.24 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,694.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17,193.00 ↑ +257%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24,019.00 ↑ +399%

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Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,899.51 $234.18 – $8,928.78
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,828.79 $691.00 – $9,773.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,559.04 $1,597.00 – $13,634.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $4,084.29 $234.18 – $14,639.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,145.50 $353.00 – $8,480.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,145.50 $353.00 – $8,261.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $2,208.48 $1,293.00 – $17,015.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,457.12 $1,535.00 – $14,032.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →