Platelet pheresis irr ea 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

$444.15

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.

$987.00

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.

$417.71 with COSC Psych vs $20,963.00 with United — 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 $417.71 ↓ -6%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $417.71 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $417.71 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $631.95 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $631.95 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $641.55 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $690.90 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $789.60 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $807.35 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $807.35 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $807.35 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $807.35 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $809.34 ↑ +82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $838.95 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $838.95 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $868.56 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $920.38 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $987.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,527.01 ↑ +469%
United Commercial|HMO $16,583.00 ↑ +3634%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,458.00 ↑ +3831%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,963.00 ↑ +4620%

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Platelet pheresis irr ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $572.10 $222.23 – $841.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,717.58 $417.71 – $2,939.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,688.28 $417.71 – $2,902.46
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,587.31 $176.82 – $842.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,604.49 $417.71 – $1,008.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $424.64 $380.50 – $4,018.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $723.76 $417.71 – $1,301.44
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $535.08 $417.71 – $19,277.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →