Lidocaine therapeutic drug level 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

$44.55

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.

$99.00

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.

$14.69 with Blue Shield CA vs $139.96 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $16.75 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.63 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $17.63 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.63 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.63 ↓ -60%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -58%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.34 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.34 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $45.54 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $45.54 ↑ +2%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $45.98 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $55.44 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.35 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $79.20 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $82.17 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $84.15 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $84.15 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $99.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $99.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $99.00 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $131.56 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $139.96 ↑ +214%

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Lidocaine therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.37 $14.69 – $77.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $2.94 – $21.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $50.97 $14.40 – $119.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.38 $14.69 – $97.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $65.94 $14.69 – $97.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.81 $14.69 – $97.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.19 $14.69 – $79.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $131.76 $14.69 – $78.21

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