Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only 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

$87.84

Cash price

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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.

$195.20

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.

$1.49 with Blue Shield CA vs $22.10 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $1.49 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.33 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.08 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $4.08 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.44 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.65 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.65 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.65 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $6.13 ↓ -93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $6.93 ↓ -92%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $6.93 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $7.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.49 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $7.55 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.32 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.09 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.48 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.48 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.72 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.81 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↓ -81%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -75%

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Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $2.33 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $4.92 – $5.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $104.44 $2.33 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $95.65 $2.33 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $15.96 $1.93 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $15.79 $2.33 – $8.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $4.93 – $5.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $5.23 – $6.35

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