Icd crtd cobalt hf MRI is1 df1 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

$61,531.20

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.

$136,736.00

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.

$9,771.74 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $44,417.00 with Aetna — 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9,771.74 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20,875.99 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21,764.33 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $22,208.50 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $24,873.52 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27,982.71 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28,871.05 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $30,203.56 ↓ -51%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $30,647.73 ↓ -50%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $31,091.90 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $33,756.92 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $34,645.26 ↓ -44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $35,533.60 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $35,977.77 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36,866.11 ↓ -40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37,754.45 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $37,754.45 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $39,086.96 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $39,975.30 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40,863.64 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40,863.64 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44,417.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44,417.00 ↓ -28%

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Icd crtd cobalt hf MRI is1 df1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $59,528.15 $9,631.92 – $31,303.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $74,444.91 $25,141.20 – $59,480.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46,206.00 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $52,882.40 $9,231.28 – $39,333.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48,434.35 $7,625.84 – $39,333.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50,932.74 $11,148.75 – $40,135.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50,383.60 $11,148.75 – $43,257.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $46,206.00 not published

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