Insert cath pleura without image at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$2,984.85
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.
$6,633.00
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.
$105.95 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.
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 | $105.95 | ↓ -96% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.44 | ↓ -96% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,606.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,606.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,606.20 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,606.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $2,971.07 | ↓ -0% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,311.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,510.44 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,306.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,638.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,638.05 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,969.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,367.68 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,367.68 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,633.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $8,010.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,157.41 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,752.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $9,866.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,835.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,174.00 | ↑ +676% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23,352.00 | ↑ +682% |
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Insert cath pleura without image at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,868.90 | $130.32 – $4,585.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,397.51 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $983.55 | $105.95 – $2,156.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $872.99 | $105.95 – $2,083.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,048.67 | $105.95 – $1,841.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,026.58 | $105.95 – $3,969.75 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,072.35 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,978.73 | $2,468.04 – $9,858.00 |