Mopath procedure level 7 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

$236.25

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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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$525.00

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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.

$282.88 with COSC Psych vs $2,694.62 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

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

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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $282.88 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $322.48 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|HMO $339.46 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $339.46 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $339.46 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $339.46 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $341.25 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $367.50 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $420.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $427.97 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $427.97 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $435.75 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $446.25 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $446.25 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $525.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $525.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $525.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $885.41 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,532.99 ↑ +972%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,694.62 ↑ +1041%

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Mopath procedure level 7 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $394.20 $186.14 – $750.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $932.94 $19.27 – $466.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $516.17 $72.77 – $728.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $249.75 $169.16 – $306.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $472.76 $39.30 – $856.83
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $333.90 $153.63 – $812.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $330.30 $153.63 – $812.89
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $513.90 $30.73 – $245.81

All California hospitals for this procedure →