Pralatrexate injection 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

$15,876.00

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.

$35,280.00

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.

$271.61 with Blue Shield CA vs $14,996.55 with Multiplan — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $271.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $305.64 ↓ -98%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $373.77 ↓ -98%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $373.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $426.99 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $477.08 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $502.19 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $527.55 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $534.19 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $534.19 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $534.19 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $534.19 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $561.24 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $561.24 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $561.24 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $565.48 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $565.48 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $616.72 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $616.72 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $897.99 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $911.19 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,003.63 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,065.24 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,133.08 ↓ -93%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,672.01 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,924.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,938.74 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,467.95 ↓ -28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11,997.24 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14,114.40 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,996.55 ↓ -6%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $14,996.55 ↓ -6%

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Pralatrexate injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11,059.14 $158.43 – $20,796.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10,939.91 $332.04 – $20,536.05
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $18,313.88 $275.25 – $803.61
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $9,055.79 $185.33 – $16,232.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $15,511.25 $375.01 – $24,322.62
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $20,786.08 $377.90 – $803.61
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $11,818.77 $377.90 – $803.61
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $8,104.30 $278.69 – $803.61

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