Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$317.25
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.
$705.00
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.
$149.10 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.10 | ↓ -53% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.86 | ↓ -48% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $458.25 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $479.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $548.23 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $548.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $548.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $548.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $564.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $599.25 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $599.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $624.98 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $634.50 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $676.80 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $676.80 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $705.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,715.96 | ↑ +441% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,944.00 | ↑ +513% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $2,032.00 | ↑ +541% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,484.00 | ↑ +683% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,842.00 | ↑ +1741% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +1986% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,113.00 | ↑ +2142% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $7,196.00 | ↑ +2168% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,903.00 | ↑ +2391% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +2814% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,174.00 | ↑ +7205% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23,352.00 | ↑ +7261% |
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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $204.55 | $126.09 – $934.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $184.79 | $79.81 – $343.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,069.98 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,671.34 | $149.10 – $453.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,300.04 | $28.20 – $149.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,530.76 | $124.47 – $461.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $159.16 | $149.10 – $429.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $157.45 | $149.10 – $429.00 |