Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$80.10

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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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$178.00

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.

$42.18 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $659.33 with Cigna — 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 $42.18 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.18 ↓ -47%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $42.18 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $61.75 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $63.81 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $63.81 ↓ -20%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $66.50 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $76.00 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $78.85 ↓ -2%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $80.75 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $80.75 ↑ +1%
United Medicare|All Plans $95.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $95.00 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $95.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $95.00 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $95.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $95.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|HMO $95.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $95.00 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $95.00 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $95.00 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $108.30 ↑ +35%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $297.35 ↑ +271%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $494.20 ↑ +517%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $619.78 ↑ +674%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $659.33 ↑ +723%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $42.58 $4.73 – $183.65
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.90 $30.75 – $72.75
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $35.87 $318.42 – $566.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $100.58 $19.75 – $178.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.27 $4.66 – $18.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.12 $10.67 – $209.65
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $44.52 $16.00 – $198.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $44.04 $16.00 – $198.90

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