MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$3,568.05
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.
$7,929.00
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.
$264.84 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,939.00 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.84 | ↓ -93% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $400.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $400.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $490.65 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $490.65 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $490.65 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $490.65 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $559.34 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,535.73 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,552.20 | ↓ -56% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,671.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,910.40 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,982.04 | ↓ -44% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,029.80 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,029.80 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,388.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,388.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,388.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3,703.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,939.00 | ↑ +10% |
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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,344.66 | $400.67 – $2,394.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,797.73 | $71.43 – $4,687.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,289.43 | $470.15 – $3,151.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,389.10 | $264.84 – $5,005.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,405.92 | $264.84 – $2,735.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,907.08 | $264.84 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,316.68 | $264.84 – $2,839.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,302.49 | $264.84 – $2,803.71 |