Rmvl icd pulse gen only 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

$2,965.50

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.

$6,590.00

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.

$172.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $27,018.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $172.17 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $211.77 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $211.77 ↓ -93%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $271.40 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $271.40 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,283.50 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,613.00 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,999.89 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,999.89 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,999.89 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,999.89 ↑ +69%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,272.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,601.50 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,601.50 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $5,699.87 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,931.00 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $6,326.40 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,326.40 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,590.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,630.00 ↑ +225%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,065.00 ↑ +239%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $10,984.00 ↑ +270%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,746.00 ↑ +296%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,303.00 ↑ +315%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,372.00 ↑ +351%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $13,528.00 ↑ +356%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14,857.00 ↑ +401%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $15,649.66 ↑ +428%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,409.00 ↑ +453%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26,811.00 ↑ +804%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $27,018.00 ↑ +811%

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Rmvl icd pulse gen only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,354.25 $211.77 – $8,410.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,331.98 $172.17 – $7,629.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,105.04 $172.17 – $7,762.58
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,430.28 $172.17 – $5,231.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,435.18 $5,305.96 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,886.71 $4,806.35 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,882.86 $172.17 – $11,093.88
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,118.87 $3,423.00 – $11,377.00

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