Endo bk ultra-light material 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

$1,111.95

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.

$2,471.00

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.

$445.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,898.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $445.94 ↓ -60%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $445.94 ↓ -60%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $445.94 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $674.67 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $674.67 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $892.06 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $930.02 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $949.00 ↓ -15%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $1,062.88 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,195.74 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,233.70 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,290.64 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $1,309.62 ↑ +18%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,328.60 ↑ +19%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,442.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,480.44 ↑ +33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,518.40 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,537.38 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,575.34 ↑ +42%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,613.30 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,613.30 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,670.24 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,708.20 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,746.16 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,746.16 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,898.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,898.00 ↑ +71%

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Endo bk ultra-light material at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,643.92 $507.12 – $2,070.74
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $926.65 $401.35 – $2,229.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $842.61 $445.94 – $2,229.70
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $702.53 $40.00 – $2,133.45
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $880.16 $381.92 – $1,736.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $717.62 $431.00 – $2,229.70
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,013.83 $364.56 – $1,736.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $652.69 – $1,207.48

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