Esophagus motility study at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,506.60
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.
$3,348.00
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.
$79.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,218.00 with Aetna — 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 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $97.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $97.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.73 | ↓ -92% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.73 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $460.96 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $644.12 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $728.97 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $728.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $728.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $728.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $831.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,176.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,276.64 | ↑ +51% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,281.68 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,678.40 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,845.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,845.80 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,013.20 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,214.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,214.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,348.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,842.00 | ↑ +288% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,113.00 | ↑ +372% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $7,196.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,903.00 | ↑ +425% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +507% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +512% |
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Esophagus motility study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,045.07 | $97.55 – $1,861.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $637.30 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $583.69 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,332.27 | $79.31 – $2,872.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,317.90 | $79.31 – $2,836.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $917.87 | $79.31 – $2,622.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,688.17 | $79.31 – $3,245.22 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $352.80 | $198.07 – $1,311.00 |