Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$900.90
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.
$2,002.00
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.
$680.68 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $12,953.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $680.68 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1,237.39 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,301.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,361.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,601.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.70 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.70 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,801.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,921.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,921.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,002.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,397.40 | ↑ +277% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +599% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +630% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $6,840.00 | ↑ +659% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +793% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,328.00 | ↑ +824% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $8,425.00 | ↑ +835% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +915% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +923% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,253.00 | ↑ +927% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +929% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,953.00 | ↑ +1338% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $962.29 | $593.19 – $1,859.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.92 | $158.01 – $1,164.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,790.33 | $1,003.85 – $4,099.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,577.02 | $696.33 – $2,527.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $623.97 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $245.18 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,758.08 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |