Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$2,330.55

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.

$5,179.00

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.

$279.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $24,019.00 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.

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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 $279.60 ↓ -88%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $279.60 ↓ -88%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $279.60 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $423.01 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $423.01 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,366.35 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,625.30 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,143.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,402.15 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,402.15 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,661.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $4,971.84 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,971.84 ↑ +113%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,179.00 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,179.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,179.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5,179.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $5,904.06 ↑ +153%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00 ↑ +262%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00 ↑ +278%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00 ↑ +362%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14,377.90 ↑ +517%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $16,210.27 ↑ +596%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17,193.00 ↑ +638%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $17,637.00 ↑ +657%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $21,472.00 ↑ +821%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $21,723.00 ↑ +832%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +894%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +902%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $23,858.00 ↑ +924%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24,019.00 ↑ +931%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15,211.74 $423.01 – $27,089.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,068.97 $279.60 – $50,531.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,566.68 $279.60 – $51,416.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $22,624.45 $279.60 – $48,701.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $33,111.75 $7,483.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,084.60 $279.60 – $25,956.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,113.85 $2,995.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $11,028.00 $6,920.00 – $24,869.57

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