Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 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

$875.25

Cash price

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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.

$1,945.00

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.

$72.68 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $20,963.00 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.

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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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $72.68 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $72.68 ↓ -92%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $72.68 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $109.96 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $109.96 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $315.07 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $739.90 ↓ -15%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $865.07 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,033.90 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,167.00 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,244.80 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,264.25 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,361.50 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,556.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,653.25 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,653.25 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,711.60 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↑ +184%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +470%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +594%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +602%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +671%
United Commercial|HMO $16,583.00 ↑ +1795%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,458.00 ↑ +1895%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,963.00 ↑ +2295%

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Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $369.24 $109.96 – $691.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $756.28 $40.23 – $708.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $398.20 $72.68 – $857.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $400.86 $287.05 – $2,747.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $218.79 $219.93 – $721.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $234.62 $72.68 – $654.36
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $424.32 $221.02 – $1,597.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $695.54 $98.84 – $876.12

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