Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$198.90

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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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$442.00

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.

$114.13 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,244.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $114.13 ↓ -43%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $125.36 ↓ -37%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $125.36 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $140.38 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $140.38 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $177.09 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $177.09 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $177.09 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $177.09 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $201.88 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $219.70 ↑ +10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $229.84 ↑ +16%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $270.40 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $287.30 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $287.30 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $304.20 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|HMO $324.48 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $324.48 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $338.00 ↑ +70%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $554.29 ↑ +179%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +2408%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +2954%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +2989%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +3227%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +3293%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +4498%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +4534%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +4548%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $71.40 $44.01 – $291.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $223.36 $25.78 – $310.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $241.74 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $155.80 $114.13 – $346.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $89.91 $18.11 – $114.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $149.75 $95.58 – $346.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $119.47 $114.13 – $302.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.18 $114.13 – $302.12

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