ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$540.00

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$21.77 with COSC Psych vs $4,476.00 with United — 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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $32.94 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $32.94 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $120.97 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $120.97 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $120.97 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $120.97 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $137.91 ↓ -74%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $378.64 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $516.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $516.00 ↓ -4%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $640.00 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $708.00 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $720.00 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $720.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $732.00 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $768.00 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $779.00 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $787.00 ↑ +46%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $816.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $864.00 ↑ +60%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $865.00 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $960.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,020.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,020.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,891.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|HMO $2,329.00 ↑ +331%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,642.00 ↑ +389%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,036.00 ↑ +462%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,727.00 ↑ +590%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,476.00 ↑ +729%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $370.99 $27.95 – $694.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $311.68 $17.06 – $331.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $587.01 $113.64 – $115.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $350.54 $21.77 – $743.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $262.41 $16.04 – $60.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $335.56 $21.77 – $838.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $176.60 $21.77 – $334.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $174.70 $21.77 – $390.32

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