Palingen or promatrx at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$6,996.60
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.
$15,548.00
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.
$2,378.48 with United vs $11,957.00 with Aetna — 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|Non-Options PPO | $2,378.48 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,378.48 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,378.48 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,378.48 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,435.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,630.54 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,401.84 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3,619.22 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,849.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $6,695.92 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,772.05 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,130.76 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $8,250.33 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,369.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,087.32 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,565.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9,685.17 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,163.45 | ↑ +45% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,163.45 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $10,522.16 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,761.30 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11,957.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,957.00 | ↑ +71% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Palingen or promatrx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,151.46 | $1,178.88 – $3,831.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,634.10 | $1,775.00 – $6,390.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,605.70 | $1,775.00 – $6,887.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,043.70 | $923.00 – $3,550.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,462.60 | $653.20 – $2,726.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,656.82 – $3,099.23 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1,793.43 – $3,099.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $2,139.26 – $3,099.23 |