Ghs subcutaneous infus, for therapy ea. add. hr 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

$305.55

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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.

$679.00

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.

$15.53 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,933.00 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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.53 ↓ -95%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $17.16 ↓ -94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $17.16 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $19.10 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $19.10 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $63.39 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $63.39 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $63.39 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $63.39 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $72.26 ↓ -76%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $198.41 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $441.35 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $475.30 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $502.46 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $509.25 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $543.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $577.15 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $577.15 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $611.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $679.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $679.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $679.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $679.00 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,923.00 ↑ +529%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,046.00 ↑ +570%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,842.00 ↑ +830%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,933.00 ↑ +3151%

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Ghs subcutaneous infus, for therapy ea. add. hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $86.19 $63.10 – $64.39
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $82.62 $66.49 – $66.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $81.09 $60.23 – $60.23
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $152.49 $63.09 – $63.09
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $54.06 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $113.22 $65.16 – $66.49
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $114.24 $51.19 – $111.42
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $136.93 $21.65 – $172.48

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