Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel left vent at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$656.55
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.
$1,459.00
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.
$41.35 with BCBS - Anthem vs $24,174.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.35 | ↓ -94% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $948.35 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,021.30 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,167.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,240.15 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,240.15 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,313.10 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,400.64 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,400.64 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,459.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +1312% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,953.00 | ↑ +1873% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,989.00 | ↑ +3554% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $24,174.00 | ↑ +3582% |
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Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel left vent at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,331.69 | $50.86 – $13,056.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $627.99 | $36.03 – $1,794.24 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $375.82 | $36.03 – $874.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $155.62 | $41.35 – $398.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $282.24 | $1,394.00 – $11,456.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $606.69 | $45.04 – $1,488.80 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,671.33 | $25.43 – $11,121.17 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,886.12 | $41.35 – $4,814.40 |