Esophageal dilat s&i at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$2,133.90
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.
$4,742.00
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.
$156.32 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,742.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $156.32 | ↓ -93% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $156.32 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $156.32 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $236.49 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $236.49 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,065.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,065.49 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,406.97 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,966.03 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,082.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,319.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,793.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,030.70 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,030.70 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,267.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,552.32 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,552.32 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,742.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Esophageal dilat s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,121.28 | $236.49 – $1,996.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,749.58 | $19.67 – $76.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,468.64 | $156.32 – $5,323.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,442.02 | $156.32 – $6,587.46 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,898.07 | $156.32 – $2,711.52 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,668.35 | $156.32 – $3,230.37 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $136.85 | $205.56 – $563.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $317.76 | $506.92 – $1,084.61 |