Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$14.85
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.
$33.00
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.
$0.30 with United vs $28.05 with First Health — 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.30 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.30 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $0.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $0.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.61 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $0.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $1.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $1.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.51 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.45 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7.62 | ↓ -49% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.57 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $22.44 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $26.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28.05 | ↑ +89% |
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Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $0.30 – $15.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8.20 | $0.40 – $3.71 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.97 | $0.30 – $61.74 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $20.37 | $7.92 – $29.97 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24.70 | $0.30 – $61.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9.28 | $0.30 – $12.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9.18 | $0.30 – $11.85 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8.20 | $0.40 – $4.01 |