Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$5,372.55
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.
$11,939.00
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.
$299.06 with BCBS - Anthem vs $35,588.23 with Sutter Health — 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 | $299.06 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $367.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $367.84 | ↓ -93% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $471.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $471.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,760.35 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,357.30 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,551.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,148.15 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,148.15 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,745.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11,370.04 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11,370.04 | ↑ +112% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11,370.04 | ↑ +112% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11,370.04 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,461.44 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $11,461.44 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,529.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11,939.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $12,961.85 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $15,061.00 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,016.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $18,336.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $18,550.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,374.00 | ↑ +279% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $25,297.00 | ↑ +371% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $26,440.00 | ↑ +392% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26,811.00 | ↑ +399% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27,018.00 | ↑ +403% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,320.00 | ↑ +502% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $35,588.23 | ↑ +562% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,581.00 | $367.84 – $20,488.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $16,525.53 | $7,716.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,955.05 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,369.60 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,370.02 | $299.06 – $13,712.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,840.09 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,452.16 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $8,326.26 | $6,323.17 – $11,149.80 |