Renal venogram bil s&i 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

$2,685.15

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.

$5,967.00

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.

$2,026.30 with Aetna vs $49,753.43 with Cigna — 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|PPO $2,026.30 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,026.30 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,878.55 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,176.90 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↑ +61%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,773.60 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4,929.61 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,952.61 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,071.95 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,071.95 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,967.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,967.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,967.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $5,967.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,967.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13,534.81 ↑ +404%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $46,769.24 ↑ +1642%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49,753.43 ↑ +1753%

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Renal venogram bil s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,581.58 $548.55 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,143.71 $1,040.99 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,711.06 $901.42 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,450.30 $705.08 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,844.62 $536.07 – $15,009.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,889.88 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,824.57 $529.82 – $6,206.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,565.12 $970.17 – $7,512.94

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