Prep bk ptb laminated socket at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$5,380.65
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.
$11,957.00
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.
$1,527.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,194.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,527.64 | ↓ -72% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,527.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,527.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,311.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,311.17 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,321.18 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,505.06 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,597.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,148.64 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,792.22 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,976.10 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,251.92 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,343.86 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,435.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,987.44 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,171.32 | ↑ +33% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,355.20 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,447.14 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,631.02 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,814.90 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,814.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8,090.72 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,274.60 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,458.48 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,458.48 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,194.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,194.00 | ↑ +71% |
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Prep bk ptb laminated socket at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $2,509.62 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | not published | $2,952.49 – $5,462.11 |