Inj w/fluor eval cv device 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

$338.85

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.

$753.00

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.

$126.88 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $126.88 ↓ -63%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $139.44 ↓ -59%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $139.44 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $156.06 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $156.06 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $329.98 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $489.45 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $512.04 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $602.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $640.05 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $640.05 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $677.70 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $722.88 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $722.88 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $753.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $906.01 ↑ +167%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↑ +474%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↑ +500%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↑ +633%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +1372%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +1693%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +1713%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +1853%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +1891%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +2628%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +6739%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +6792%

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Inj w/fluor eval cv device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $270.25 $156.06 – $518.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $520.45 $126.88 – $1,025.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $476.68 $126.88 – $666.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $303.11 $126.88 – $628.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $299.84 $126.88 – $620.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $643.11 $302.01 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,560.09 $273.57 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $430.42 $110.57 – $614.88

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