Ercp biliary & pancreas 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

$1,589.85

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.

$3,533.00

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.

$165.14 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,533.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $165.14 ↓ -90%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $165.14 ↓ -90%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $165.14 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $249.84 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $249.84 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,407.08 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,444.16 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,444.16 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,966.18 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,296.45 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,473.10 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,826.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,003.05 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,003.05 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,179.70 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,391.68 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $3,391.68 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,533.00 ↑ +122%

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,772.59 $249.84 – $3,156.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,124.36 $165.14 – $2,471.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $662.01 $165.14 – $806.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $988.63 $165.14 – $2,009.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $645.17 $165.14 – $1,252.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $638.22 $165.14 – $1,549.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,008.38 $924.55 – $981.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,122.84 $1,048.44 – $1,048.44

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