Inj proc myelogram lumbar at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,508.40
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.
$3,352.00
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.
$101.68 with BCBS - Anthem vs $12,953.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.07 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.07 | ↓ -92% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,178.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,279.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,681.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,849.20 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,849.20 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,016.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,217.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,217.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,352.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +511% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +515% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,953.00 | ↑ +759% |
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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $162.50 | $100.17 – $289.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $373.23 | $146.21 – $693.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,088.34 | $464.59 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $353.53 | $101.68 – $753.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,349.65 | $101.68 – $1,360.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $330.46 | $101.68 – $785.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $201.83 | $101.68 – $484.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $199.65 | $101.68 – $538.56 |