IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$589.50
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.
$1,310.00
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.
$20.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,842.00 with United — 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 | $20.61 | ↓ -97% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.35 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.35 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $226.38 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $226.38 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $772.90 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $786.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $786.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $799.10 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $838.40 | ↑ +42% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $890.80 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $943.20 | ↑ +60% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,048.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,113.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,113.50 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,310.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,310.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,310.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,310.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,310.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,842.00 | ↑ +382% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $241.34 | $25.35 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $127.11 | $29.63 – $184.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $63.75 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $107.86 | $20.61 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $477.53 | $20.61 – $702.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $98.79 | $20.61 – $191.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $225.57 | $20.61 – $229.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $223.14 | $20.61 – $186.00 |