Gastric emptying imag study at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$646.20
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.
$1,436.00
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.
$392.54 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $8,505.03 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -39% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $593.87 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $593.87 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $843.04 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $933.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,005.20 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,148.80 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,191.88 | ↑ +84% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,220.60 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,220.60 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,436.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,436.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,436.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,314.67 | ↑ +258% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,994.90 | ↑ +1137% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,505.03 | ↑ +1216% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $927.15 | $698.35 – $1,928.68 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,621.36 | $353.29 – $2,640.97 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $649.73 | $353.29 – $1,962.70 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,422.05 | $698.35 – $1,995.87 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $638.51 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $533.01 | $392.54 – $1,991.18 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $533.47 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $738.50 | $698.35 – $1,928.68 |