Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$281.70
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.
$626.00
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.
$35.46 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $20,963.00 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.46 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.46 | ↓ -87% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.65 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.65 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $201.88 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $316.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $330.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $355.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $406.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $431.80 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $431.80 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $442.51 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $447.04 | ↑ +59% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $554.29 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $670.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $713.00 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $905.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $947.00 | ↑ +236% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,157.00 | ↑ +311% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,583.00 | ↑ +5787% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,458.00 | ↑ +6097% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20,963.00 | ↑ +7342% |
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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $260.18 | $40.03 – $594.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $53.84 | $25.78 – $107.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $534.48 | $164.65 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $26.80 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $185.82 | $35.46 – $273.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.29 | $26.80 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $306.82 | $35.46 – $727.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $303.51 | $35.46 – $12,607.00 |