Place slctv cath vertebral art uni 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

$7,461.90

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.

$16,582.00

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.

$281.46 with COSC Psych vs $23,352.00 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.

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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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $281.46 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $281.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $281.46 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $425.83 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $425.83 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,426.68 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,426.68 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,426.68 ↓ -0%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,426.68 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $8,466.42 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,622.25 ↑ +16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $9,020.20 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,612.00 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $10,984.00 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,275.25 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $11,275.25 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,529.00 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,938.50 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|HMO $12,734.40 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,734.40 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13,265.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,372.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $13,528.00 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14,857.00 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,016.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +211%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $23,245.51 ↑ +212%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +213%

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Place slctv cath vertebral art uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,662.91 $425.83 – $12,900.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12,327.26 $281.46 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11,290.39 $281.46 – $14,785.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,059.92 $281.46 – $13,067.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8,947.10 $281.46 – $12,903.86
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10,190.93 $281.46 – $14,484.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,728.54 $2,238.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,890.40 $5,171.00 – $13,240.19

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