Frozen blood thaw at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$149.85
Cash price 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.
$333.00
Gross charge 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.
$216.45 with Kaiser vs $843.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $216.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $233.10 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +57% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $266.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $268.38 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $276.39 | ↑ +84% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $283.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $283.05 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $736.86 | ↑ +392% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $793.22 | ↑ +429% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $843.84 | ↑ +463% |
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Frozen blood thaw at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $83.98 | $71.14 – $301.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $168.95 | $73.28 – $303.80 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $67.96 | $27.28 – $281.48 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $54.07 | $86.80 – $248.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $96.48 | $27.28 – $248.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $67.96 | $27.28 – $248.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $71.43 | $86.80 – $229.69 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $306.60 | $6.26 – $566.82 |