Heinz bodies direct at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$22.48
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.
$49.94
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.
$4.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $49.94 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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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $4.79 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.04 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.04 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5.04 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5.04 | ↓ -78% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.35 | ↓ -76% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.35 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.15 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $22.98 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.98 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.97 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $32.47 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $34.96 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $37.61 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $39.96 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.01 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.46 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $42.45 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $42.45 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.40 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.40 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $49.94 | ↑ +122% |
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Heinz bodies direct at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $52.13 | $4.20 – $38.96 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $42.41 | $4.20 – $49.94 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $30.93 | $4.20 – $55.62 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $15.55 | $3.73 – $47.11 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $12.38 | $3.73 – $45.40 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $22.08 | $3.73 – $46.54 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $15.55 | $3.73 – $56.75 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $16.35 | $3.73 – $47.11 |