Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) 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

$5.29

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.

$11.75

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.

$5.41 with Blue Shield CA vs $92.03 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.

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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|ACO Trio $5.41 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.41 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.58 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.64 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.40 ↑ +78%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.76 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9.99 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.99 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $11.01 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.59 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.59 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|HMO $11.59 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.59 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.75 ↑ +122%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $11.75 ↑ +122%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $11.75 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.75 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.75 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.75 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↑ +173%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $30.24 ↑ +472%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $86.51 ↑ +1535%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $92.03 ↑ +1640%

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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.26 $1.93 – $14.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.03 $5.88 – $24.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.83 $6.37 – $11.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.61 $3.18 – $29.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.36 $5.88 – $27.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.32 $5.88 – $27.76
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $6.71 $1.18 – $9.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3.46 $2.47 – $11.75

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