Flexible keel foot 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

$854.10

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.

$1,898.00

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.

$299.98 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,460.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $299.98 ↓ -65%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $299.98 ↓ -65%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $299.98 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $453.85 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $453.85 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $686.20 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $715.40 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $730.00 ↓ -15%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $817.60 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $919.80 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $949.00 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $992.80 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $1,007.40 ↑ +18%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,022.00 ↑ +20%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,109.60 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,138.80 ↑ +33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,168.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,182.60 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,211.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,241.00 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,241.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,284.80 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,314.00 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,343.20 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,343.20 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,460.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,460.00 ↑ +71%

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Flexible keel foot at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,643.92 $103.68 – $423.36
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $590.47 $237.05 – $1,831.75
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $880.16 $78.10 – $355.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $469.79 $299.98 – $1,917.95
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $838.30 $237.05 – $2,068.80
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $590.47 $237.05 – $2,155.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $620.64 $299.98 – $1,939.50
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,013.83 $74.55 – $355.00

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