Interferon alfa-2b inj at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$87.30
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.
$194.00
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.
$20.82 with United vs $191.30 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.82 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.82 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.20 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $32.41 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $34.15 | ↓ -61% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.03 | ↓ -58% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.03 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $47.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $47.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.02 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $53.74 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $54.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $61.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $75.24 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $76.34 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.09 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $89.35 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.04 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $126.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $131.92 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $155.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $164.90 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $164.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $189.93 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $191.30 | ↑ +119% |
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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,254.94 | $19.55 – $4,585.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,230.63 | $20.82 – $906.13 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $613.37 | $18.12 – $1,056.56 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,673.60 | $20.22 – $956.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $696.62 | $20.82 – $1,270.08 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $266.40 | $20.82 – $921.60 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $334.83 | $18.22 – $1,152.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $351.94 | $20.82 – $956.16 |