Ins picc wo subq prt/pmp w image guidnc <5yr 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

$965.70

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.

$2,146.00

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.

$386.45 with Central California Alliance for Health 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.

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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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $386.45 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $386.45 ↓ -60%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $386.45 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $584.66 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $584.66 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $849.40 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $849.40 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $849.40 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $849.40 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $968.32 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,394.90 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,459.28 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,716.80 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,824.10 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,824.10 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,931.40 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,060.16 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $2,060.16 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,146.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,658.62 ↑ +175%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $5,842.00 ↑ +505%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↑ +552%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↑ +581%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,113.00 ↑ +637%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $7,196.00 ↑ +645%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,903.00 ↑ +718%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +733%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +847%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +855%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +860%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +1241%

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Ins picc wo subq prt/pmp w image guidnc <5yr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $896.80 $123.65 – $1,666.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,208.81 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,618.70 $386.45 – $3,706.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,423.36 $386.45 – $3,558.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,419.93 $386.45 – $3,056.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,270.52 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,486.14 $806.82 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $710.94 $845.19 – $3,982.87

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