Fetal non stress test 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

$611.10

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.

$1,358.00

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.

$32.70 with COSC Psych vs $6,748.00 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 $32.70 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $49.47 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $49.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $210.27 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $210.27 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $276.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $293.40 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $293.40 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $312.96 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $315.07 ↓ -48%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $332.52 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $391.20 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $405.87 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $415.65 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $415.65 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $489.00 ↓ -20%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $865.07 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,208.62 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↑ +218%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|HMO $2,329.00 ↑ +281%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↑ +306%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,727.00 ↑ +510%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,476.00 ↑ +632%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +716%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +894%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +905%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +1004%

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Fetal non stress test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $319.74 $49.47 – $447.10
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $738.67 $40.23 – $691.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,806.93 $272.45 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $338.12 $32.70 – $774.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $290.87 $32.70 – $727.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $251.54 $32.70 – $555.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $248.83 $32.70 – $555.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,086.41 $287.05 – $2,747.00

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