Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$42.75

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.

$95.00

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.

$32.50 with Kaiser vs $646.14 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $32.50 ↓ -24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $41.50 ↓ -3%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $42.50 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.50 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Options PPO $50.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $50.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
United Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $57.00 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $61.50 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $61.50 ↑ +44%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $156.50 ↑ +266%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↑ +451%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $607.38 ↑ +1321%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $646.14 ↑ +1411%

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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $248.35 $12.69 – $179.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $314.67 $77.82 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $175.66 $20.00 – $174.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $218.45 $12.94 – $50.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $160.88 $10.80 – $205.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $172.89 $22.50 – $194.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $171.03 $22.50 – $194.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $364.14 $98.34 – $287.00

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