Insert vad art access left hrt art & vein access at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,817.10
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.
$4,038.00
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.
$511.54 with BCBS - Anthem vs $30,513.00 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.
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 | $511.54 | ↓ -72% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $773.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $773.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,624.70 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,624.70 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,665.08 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,826.60 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,230.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,432.30 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,432.30 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,634.20 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,876.48 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,876.48 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,038.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18,315.00 | ↑ +908% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $19,143.00 | ↑ +953% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,842.00 | ↑ +1102% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,400.00 | ↑ +1188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $30,513.00 | ↑ +1579% |
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Insert vad art access left hrt art & vein access at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,600.84 | $511.54 – $9,322.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $773.90 – $890.08 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $5,587.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $511.54 – $773.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $511.54 – $511.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $511.54 – $629.19 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $511.54 – $1,232.81 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $511.54 – $1,232.81 |