Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$396.00
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.
$880.00
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.
$48.27 with COSC Psych vs $748.00 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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| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.27 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.27 | ↓ -88% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.27 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $48.71 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.66 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $68.66 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $69.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $73.03 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $76.15 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $119.36 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $126.96 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $156.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $215.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $217.23 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $237.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $237.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $237.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $301.29 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $379.44 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $385.02 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.08 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $572.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $598.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $704.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $748.00 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $748.00 | ↑ +89% |
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Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $275.51 | $68.66 – $490.62 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $896.66 | $48.27 – $2,053.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $821.24 | $48.27 – $2,053.10 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $303.88 | $48.27 – $364.19 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $162.95 | $82.63 – $90.04 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $162.95 | $82.40 – $98.56 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $162.95 | $82.40 – $98.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $198.75 | $48.27 – $308.32 |