Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,045.35
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.
$2,323.00
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.
$138.50 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,244.00 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.50 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.50 | ↓ -87% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $209.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $209.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,223.13 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,223.13 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,223.13 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,223.13 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1,394.37 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,509.95 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,579.64 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,858.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,974.55 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,974.55 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,090.70 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,230.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,230.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,323.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,828.40 | ↑ +266% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,842.00 | ↑ +459% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +502% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +530% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +533% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,113.00 | ↑ +580% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $7,196.00 | ↑ +588% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,903.00 | ↑ +656% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +670% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +775% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +782% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +784% |
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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,725.84 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,314.82 | $138.50 – $3,010.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,609.39 | $138.50 – $3,193.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,169.34 | $138.50 – $2,923.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $850.71 | $138.50 – $1,708.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $816.95 | $138.50 – $1,404.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,153.84 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,445.89 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |