Hbb full gene sequence 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

$405.00

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.

$900.00

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.

$259.66 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,091.91 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $259.66 ↓ -36%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $259.66 ↓ -36%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $259.66 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $324.58 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $324.58 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $324.58 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $324.58 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $370.02 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $389.50 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $389.50 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $389.50 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $389.50 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $392.84 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $392.84 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $585.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $630.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $720.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $747.00 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $765.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $765.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $900.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $900.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $900.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,015.94 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,906.46 ↑ +618%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,091.91 ↑ +663%

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Hbb full gene sequence at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $385.20 $183.50 – $836.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $599.40 $259.66 – $882.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $352.80 $99.09 – $983.17
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $333.90 $259.66 – $932.74
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $330.30 $259.66 – $932.74
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $513.90 $90.00 – $720.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $264.60 $189.00 – $738.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $700.20 $190.67 – $359.33

All California hospitals for this procedure →