Rpl tun-cvad w subq port 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

$5,499.00

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.

$12,220.00

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.

$379.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 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 $379.00 ↓ -93%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $416.45 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $416.45 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $466.17 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $466.17 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,324.22 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4,929.61 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,943.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,309.60 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,776.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,387.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $10,387.00 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,998.00 ↑ +100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,420.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $11,731.20 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,731.20 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,220.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13,534.81 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,537.00 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14,149.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $17,296.00 ↑ +215%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +321%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +325%

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Rpl tun-cvad w subq port at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,960.84 $466.17 – $7,477.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,028.81 $379.00 – $10,470.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,521.72 $379.00 – $10,627.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,390.94 $379.00 – $7,312.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,354.38 $379.00 – $7,220.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,216.68 $4,483.19 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,395.80 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,209.90 $330.28 – $9,171.12

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