Mayo ethosuximide 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

$6.75

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.

$14.99

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.

$6.90 with Blue Shield CA vs $155.64 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 Commercial|ACO Trio $6.90 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.90 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.75 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.45 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.99 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.99 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.99 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $14.99 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.99 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.99 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.99 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $17.09 ↑ +153%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $18.44 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $18.44 ↑ +173%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $46.92 ↑ +595%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $146.30 ↑ +2067%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $155.64 ↑ +2206%

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Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.68 $3.27 – $55.29
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.76 $16.01 – $133.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.42 $7.50 – $42.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.88 $4.05 – $49.49
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.61 $7.50 – $46.95
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.53 $7.50 – $46.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $43.76 $16.34 – $168.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $43.76 $16.34 – $191.15

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