Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$6,195.60
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.
$13,768.00
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.
$2,003.90 with Blue Shield CA vs $13,768.00 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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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,003.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,003.90 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,003.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,003.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,127.01 | ↓ -66% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,127.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,127.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $2,284.45 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,217.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,217.95 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,010.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,330.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,272.21 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,949.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $9,637.60 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,014.40 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,235.91 | ↑ +81% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,702.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,702.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,768.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $13,768.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,768.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,414.92 | $2,127.01 – $9,439.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $17,517.48 | $2,030.33 – $7,382.75 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,678.56 | $1,989.72 – $6,280.95 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,570.08 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,799.03 | $1,853.28 – $5,058.14 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,713.60 | $1,839.15 – $3,402.43 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $3,930.48 | $2,127.01 – $8,854.36 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,790.90 | $1,839.15 – $6,363.87 |