Injection jugular at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,525.95
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.
$3,391.00
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.
$1,152.94 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $3,391.00 with United — 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 | $1,152.94 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,204.15 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,204.15 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,238.06 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,305.88 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,712.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,882.35 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,882.35 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,051.90 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,255.36 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,255.36 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,391.00 | ↑ +122% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Injection jugular at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $174.70 | $128.52 – $471.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,370.48 | $2,747.00 – $2,747.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $448.94 | $320.67 – $1,282.68 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,048.80 | $1,200.00 – $1,200.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $838.42 | $537.24 – $1,611.72 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,565.28 | $1,394.00 – $1,394.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $370.30 | $1,528.00 – $4,768.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,687.00 – $1,687.00 |