Locm 100-199mg/ml iodine,1ml at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$2.74
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.
$6.07
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.
$0.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5.16 with First Health — 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 | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.63 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $0.89 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1.04 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1.34 | ↓ -51% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.49 | ↓ -46% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.49 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.49 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.98 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.98 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.25 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.25 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.26 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $2.65 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.82 | ↑ +3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3.95 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4.13 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4.86 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5.16 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5.16 | ↑ +88% |
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Locm 100-199mg/ml iodine,1ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3.07 | $0.46 – $5.46 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1.56 | $0.92 – $2.46 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $101.44 | $0.76 – $2.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $92.91 | $0.54 – $1.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $45.90 | $0.47 – $2.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $45.90 | $0.56 – $3.60 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $45.90 | $0.56 – $3.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $69.75 | $0.85 – $224.00 |