Peripheral vascular rehab 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

$71.10

Cash price

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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.

$158.00

Gross charge

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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.

$81.61 with Health Net vs $255.44 with Sutter 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $81.61 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $81.61 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $81.61 ↑ +15%
United Medicare|All Plans $81.61 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $93.04 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $102.70 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $110.60 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $126.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $158.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $158.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $158.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $234.00 ↑ +229%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $255.44 ↑ +259%

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Peripheral vascular rehab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $91.60 $75.47 – $214.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $181.82 $70.63 – $267.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $81.54 $56.16 – $208.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $78.03 $75.87 – $75.87
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $76.32 $64.49 – $140.37
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $115.00 $78.06 – $211.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $63.21 $36.75 – $147.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $93.60 $64.49 – $140.37

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