Esophagoscop stent placement at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$7,106.40
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.
$15,792.00
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.
$165.30 with COSC Psych vs $25,598.17 with Sutter Health — 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 | $165.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.30 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $250.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $250.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8,178.33 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,178.33 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,178.33 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,178.33 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $9,323.30 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,264.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $10,738.56 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $10,984.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,633.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $13,372.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,423.20 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,423.20 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $13,528.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,212.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,857.00 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15,160.32 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,160.32 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15,792.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,174.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23,352.00 | ↑ +229% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25,598.17 | ↑ +260% |
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Esophagoscop stent placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $338.33 | $131.42 – $497.84 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $5,755.05 | $1,142.00 – $12,111.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $250.08 – $13,154.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $165.30 – $7,563.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $165.30 – $7,563.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $165.30 – $7,563.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $165.30 – $7,563.64 |