Esoph imped function test at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$398.70
Cash price 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.
$886.00
Gross charge 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.
$134.22 with COSC Psych vs $6,748.00 with Health Net — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.22 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $203.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $203.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $487.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $575.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $575.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $584.76 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $602.48 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $708.80 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $735.38 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $753.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $753.10 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $797.40 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $850.56 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $850.56 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $886.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $886.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,339.08 | ↑ +236% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $4,988.00 | ↑ +1151% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,074.00 | ↑ +1423% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,144.00 | ↑ +1441% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,748.00 | ↑ +1593% |
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Esoph imped function test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $356.10 | $203.06 – $702.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $332.13 | $134.22 – $760.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $304.20 | $134.22 – $760.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $356.91 | $134.22 – $769.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $353.06 | $134.22 – $759.98 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $227.85 | $134.22 – $651.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $366.17 | $134.22 – $703.89 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $304.67 | $134.22 – $1,092.00 |