Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj 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

$20.76

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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.

$46.12

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.

$11.76 with COSC Psych vs $46.12 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.

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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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $11.76 ↓ -43%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $11.76 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $13.10 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.10 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.25 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.70 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $17.79 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $17.79 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $18.09 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18.64 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $20.81 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.13 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.03 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.76 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.76 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $26.76 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.98 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $31.37 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $35.26 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.90 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $37.60 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $37.87 ↑ +82%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $39.21 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.21 ↑ +89%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $42.82 ↑ +106%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $43.45 ↑ +109%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $46.12 ↑ +122%

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Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $295.22 $13.10 – $525.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $109.59 $12.68 – $15.70
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.83 $13.10 – $56.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.52 $11.12 – $43.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.29 $12.05 – $42.66
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $29.36 $11.76 – $49.82
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $401.21 $5.20 – $53.98
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $23.98 $8.17 – $40.18

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