Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$2,498.40
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.
$5,552.00
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.
$166.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $24,019.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $166.05 | ↓ -93% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $251.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $251.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,608.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,608.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,664.32 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,775.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,441.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,719.20 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,719.20 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,996.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,329.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,329.92 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,552.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,193.00 | ↑ +588% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18,315.00 | ↑ +633% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $19,143.00 | ↑ +666% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,400.00 | ↑ +837% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24,019.00 | ↑ +861% |
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Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,474.75 | $251.22 – $2,626.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $520.88 | $166.05 – $1,192.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $477.07 | $166.05 – $1,132.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,993.76 | $166.05 – $4,782.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,972.26 | $166.05 – $5,320.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $379.95 | $9,256.00 – $16,265.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,115.08 | $10,413.00 – $16,974.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,887.78 | $166.05 – $5,393.64 |