Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$468.90
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.
$1,042.00
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.
$67.93 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,244.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $67.93 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.08 | ↓ -77% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.08 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $319.04 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $319.04 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $319.04 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $319.04 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $363.71 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $573.95 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $612.68 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $670.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $706.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $713.00 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $750.55 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $750.55 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $777.04 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $810.90 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $864.96 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $864.96 | ↑ +84% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $998.60 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $4,988.00 | ↑ +964% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,074.00 | ↑ +1195% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,144.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +1243% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +1303% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +1311% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,748.00 | ↑ +1339% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +1616% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +1851% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +1866% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +1871% |
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Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $473.52 | $83.55 – $1,001.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $364.53 | $46.44 – $638.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $590.07 | $319.18 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $543.14 | $67.93 – $1,243.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $364.31 | $67.93 – $315.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $258.33 | $67.93 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $529.79 | $67.93 – $1,256.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $524.08 | $67.93 – $12,607.00 |