Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$11.70

Cash price

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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.

$26.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.48 with United vs $23.02 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicare|All Plans $0.48 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $0.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $0.48 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $0.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $0.55 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.81 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.91 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.24 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $1.24 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1.43 ↓ -88%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1.50 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.52 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.95 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.95 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.58 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.59 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $2.62 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.12 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $3.17 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3.48 ↓ -70%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -58%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.50 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.50 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.48 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.02 ↑ +97%

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Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.44 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.33 – $11.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $0.44 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $0.44 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $39.33 $0.44 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $0.44 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.34 – $12.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $0.34 – $14.48

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