Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$2,379.15
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.
$5,287.00
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.
$122.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,016.00 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.
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 | $122.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.61 | ↓ -92% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.61 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,035.07 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,035.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,035.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,035.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $2,319.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,436.55 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,595.16 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,229.60 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,493.95 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,493.95 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,758.30 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,075.52 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,075.52 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,287.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,369.77 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $6,840.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,328.00 | ↑ +250% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $8,425.00 | ↑ +254% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +284% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +287% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,253.00 | ↑ +289% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,529.00 | ↑ +385% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,016.00 | ↑ +573% |
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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,288.99 | $150.29 – $4,076.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,826.42 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,982.50 | $122.19 – $4,539.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,058.98 | $2,203.03 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,732.58 | $1,995.60 – $9,008.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,415.76 | $2,090.52 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,770.21 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,500.47 | $122.19 – $7,144.20 |