Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$105.47

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.

$234.37

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.

$5.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $62.39 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $5.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.32 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $13.05 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↓ -84%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.02 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.02 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $24.02 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.35 ↓ -77%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $25.04 ↓ -76%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $25.04 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $26.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $26.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $26.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $26.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $26.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $31.98 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $31.98 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $58.65 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.39 ↓ -41%

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $4.33 – $43.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $128.14 $4.05 – $44.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $7.18 – $52.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $138.41 $53.77 – $203.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $81.25 $10.09 – $25.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $27.53 $4.40 – $11.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $296.63 $4.39 – $44.25

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