Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$89.55

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$199.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$33.65 with Blue Shield CA vs $6,748.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.33 ↓ -59%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $36.33 ↓ -59%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $36.33 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $38.36 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $54.97 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $54.97 ↓ -39%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $105.32 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $129.35 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $139.30 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $159.20 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $165.17 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $169.15 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $169.15 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $179.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $191.04 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $191.04 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $199.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $199.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +5470%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +6683%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +6761%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +7435%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Interrog dev eval scrms ip at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $155.23 $31.12 – $361.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $41.45 $31.12 – $8,268.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $18.91 $14.50 – $50.86
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $119.74 $30.35 – $362.71
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $35.30 $30.74 – $6,210.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $95.27 $30.35 – $349.60
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $170.00 $30.35 – $358.34
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $119.74 $30.35 – $437.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →