Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$1,868.40

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.

$4,152.00

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.

$294.12 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,244.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $294.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $294.12 ↓ -84%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $294.12 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $444.98 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $444.98 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $951.43 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $951.43 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $951.43 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $951.43 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $1,084.63 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,698.80 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,823.36 ↑ +51%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,977.98 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,321.60 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,529.20 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,529.20 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,736.80 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $3,985.92 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,985.92 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,152.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $5,842.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↑ +237%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↑ +252%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +254%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,113.00 ↑ +281%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $7,196.00 ↑ +285%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,903.00 ↑ +323%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +331%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +390%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +393%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +395%

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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $718.76 $443.07 – $1,617.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $986.34 $951.25 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $791.38 $294.12 – $1,687.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $724.81 $294.12 – $1,687.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.82 $294.12 – $1,467.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $673.08 $294.12 – $1,448.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,642.93 $1,002.25 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,236.79 $907.88 – $8,018.00

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