Prgrmg eval implantable dfb 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

$232.20

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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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$516.00

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.

$51.23 with Kaiser vs $6,748.00 with Health Net — 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

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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.23 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.23 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $51.23 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $51.23 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $58.40 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $88.93 ↓ -62%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $88.93 ↓ -62%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $88.93 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $134.54 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $134.54 ↓ -42%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $160.35 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $335.40 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $361.20 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $396.59 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $412.80 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $438.60 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $438.60 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $464.40 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $495.36 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $495.36 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $516.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $516.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $4,988.00 ↑ +2048%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,074.00 ↑ +2516%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $6,144.00 ↑ +2546%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,748.00 ↑ +2806%

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $575.28 $51.93 – $221.69
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $130.70 $34.65 – $315.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $103.99 $46.21 – $315.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $185.56 $34.65 – $315.00
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $130.70 $34.65 – $315.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $137.38 $46.21 – $315.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $47.60 $48.00 – $88.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $50.30 – $206.20

All California hospitals for this procedure →