Prq card stent/ath/angio 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

$11,154.60

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.

$24,788.00

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.

$9,146.00 with Aetna vs $24,788.00 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
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,529.00 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,537.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14,149.00 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,016.00 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16,112.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $17,296.00 ↑ +55%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $17,351.60 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19,830.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $21,069.80 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21,069.80 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,309.20 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23,796.48 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $23,796.48 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24,788.00 ↑ +122%

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Prq card stent/ath/angio at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,305.71 $6,352.83 – $18,352.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,509.71 $1,333.64 – $25,652.88
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,836.07 $7,025.76 – $28,103.04
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $8,595.84 $9,718.00 – $11,117.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $13,364.77 $1,161.88 – $9,399.06
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $8,116.95 $1,343.74 – $29,093.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $4,012.40 $2,455.00 – $10,504.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $10,180.64 $1,262.91 – $16,582.89

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