Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$67.50

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.

$150.00

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.

$61.07 with COSC Psych vs $1,358.66 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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -10%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $69.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $69.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $84.00 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $92.40 ↑ +37%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $92.40 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $97.50 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $124.50 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +111%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +111%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +111%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $150.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $150.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $150.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $150.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $162.60 ↑ +141%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $446.43 ↑ +561%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,277.17 ↑ +1792%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,358.66 ↑ +1913%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $65.70 $40.50 – $378.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $238.82 $28.53 – $100.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $806.31 $139.78 – $793.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $361.24 $61.07 – $367.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $99.90 $61.07 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $330.85 $40.50 – $432.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $187.36 $61.07 – $409.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $185.34 $61.07 – $409.87

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