Marker biop eviva buckle ss at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$298.35
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.
$663.00
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.
$64.68 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $294.00 with Aetna — 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 | $64.68 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $138.18 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $144.06 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $147.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $164.64 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $185.22 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $191.10 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $199.92 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $202.86 | ↓ -32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $205.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $223.44 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $229.32 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $235.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $238.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $244.02 | ↓ -18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $258.72 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $264.60 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $270.48 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $270.48 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $294.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $294.00 | ↓ -1% |
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Marker biop eviva buckle ss at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $977.62 | $12.48 – $40.56 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $687.12 | $128.33 – $303.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8,285.84 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,103.20 | $5.29 – $22.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,545.46 | $13.97 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,926.29 | $4.37 – $22.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,994.54 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,102.57 | not published |