Mayo mgrm acetylcholine receptor binding antibody 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

$9.00

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.

$20.00

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 $15.00 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.

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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 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.90 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.75 ↑ +8%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.40 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|HMO $14.40 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.00 ↑ +67%

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Mayo mgrm acetylcholine receptor binding antibody at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.36 $5.40 – $15.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.74 $3.68 – $30.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $22.57 $18.03 – $40.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.54 $7.50 – $14.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.09 $3.89 – $14.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.96 $4.05 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $36.87 $7.50 – $12.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.47 $7.50 – $14.85

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