Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$19.62
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.
$43.60
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.
$1.14 with BCBS - Anthem vs $30.74 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.
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 | $1.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $4.07 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.35 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $9.35 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.35 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10.26 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.48 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.05 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $12.31 | ↓ -37% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.60 | ↓ -26% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.60 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14.95 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $15.18 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.71 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.68 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20.80 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.09 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.09 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $22.10 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.10 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $26.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $28.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.74 | ↑ +57% |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $0.83 – $25.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $85.68 | $0.78 – $21.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.54 | $1.38 – $53.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $24.65 | $7.66 – $29.01 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.56 | $5.14 – $53.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $2.95 – $20.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $1.24 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $85.68 | $0.84 – $21.80 |