ER Visit (level 4) 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

$2,791.80

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.

$6,204.00

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.

$98.04 with COSC Psych vs $14,940.00 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 $98.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $98.04 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $98.04 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $148.33 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $148.33 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $585.02 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $585.02 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $585.02 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $585.02 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $666.92 ↓ -76%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,831.11 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,667.72 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,667.72 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,660.36 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,722.40 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $3,722.40 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,784.44 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,970.56 ↑ +42%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,218.72 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,466.88 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,963.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,273.40 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,273.40 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|HMO $7,166.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $9,377.00 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,417.00 ↑ +237%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,417.00 ↑ +309%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $11,551.00 ↑ +314%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,322.00 ↑ +341%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12,686.00 ↑ +354%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13,156.00 ↑ +371%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,818.00 ↑ +431%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,940.00 ↑ +435%

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ER Visit (level 4) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,112.96 $148.33 – $1,735.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,826.36 $85.16 – $1,742.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,274.71 $562.31 – $573.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,131.21 $98.04 – $2,255.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,310.03 $92.10 – $348.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $992.55 $98.04 – $2,299.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,184.98 $98.04 – $2,619.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,172.20 $98.04 – $2,619.08

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