Liver imag w/vasclr flow at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,294.20
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.
$2,876.00
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.
$172.33 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,505.03 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.
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 | $172.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.33 | ↓ -87% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $260.72 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $260.72 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $739.51 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $843.04 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,282.14 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,791.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,869.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,013.20 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,126.29 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,126.29 | ↑ +64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,300.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,314.67 | ↑ +79% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,444.60 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,444.60 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,994.90 | ↑ +518% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,505.03 | ↑ +557% |
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Liver imag w/vasclr flow at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $754.20 | $107.65 – $1,090.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,302.70 | $172.33 – $2,289.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,419.82 | $172.33 – $3,061.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,404.51 | $172.33 – $3,023.33 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,517.76 | $698.35 – $2,035.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,060.17 | $172.33 – $1,497.32 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,896.00 | $593.60 – $2,035.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,131.59 | $172.33 – $1,183.60 |