Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 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

$488.70

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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.

$1,086.00

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.

$158.83 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
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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 $158.83 ↓ -67%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $175.54 ↓ -64%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $175.54 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $195.36 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $195.36 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $329.98 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $705.90 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $760.20 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $803.64 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $814.50 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $868.80 ↑ +78%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $906.01 ↑ +85%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $923.10 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $923.10 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $977.40 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,086.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,086.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $1,086.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,086.00 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,923.00 ↑ +293%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,046.00 ↑ +319%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,842.00 ↑ +482%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,933.00 ↑ +1933%

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Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $419.22 $286.64 – $292.49
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $400.86 $302.01 – $302.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $393.72 $273.57 – $273.57
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $210.63 $286.58 – $286.58
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $263.67 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $551.31 $295.97 – $302.01
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $252.96 $232.54 – $506.11
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $289.80 $273.57 – $506.11

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