Fondaparinux sodium 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

$488.88

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.

$1,086.40

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.

$1.11 with United vs $453.82 with First Health — 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.80 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2.23 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.43 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.43 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.46 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $7.34 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.34 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $9.68 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11.75 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $11.92 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.84 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $154.84 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $347.04 ↓ -29%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $363.06 ↓ -26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $427.12 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $453.82 ↓ -7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $453.82 ↓ -7%

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Fondaparinux sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $178.71 $1.11 – $156.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.71 – $9.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $612.04 $1.11 – $654.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $560.56 $1.11 – $1,330.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $221.86 $1.11 – $93.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $97.63 $1.11 – $92.43
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $412.72 $1.71 – $10.46
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $412.72 $1.44 – $12.47

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