Intracranial angioplasty at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
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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.
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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.
$11,746.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $27,232.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,746.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $15,556.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $16,259.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,409.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,875.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26,875.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27,232.00 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Intracranial angioplasty at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,399.74 | $8,260.11 – $25,392.19 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,006.33 | $1,083.64 – $16,202.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,621.68 | $3,301.20 – $13,204.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,840.48 | $4,666.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $16,490.49 | $5,087.04 – $20,772.08 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,206.01 | $9,560.40 – $15,774.66 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $10,714.16 | $1,091.85 – $38,402.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $10,371.20 | $1,807.00 – $7,764.00 |