Sleep study unattended at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$734.85
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.
$1,633.00
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.
$118.65 with BCBS - Anthem vs $20,963.00 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.
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 | $118.65 | ↓ -84% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.51 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $214.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $214.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $214.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $214.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $245.04 | ↓ -67% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $672.79 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,061.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,143.10 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,306.40 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,355.39 | ↑ +84% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,388.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,388.05 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,453.37 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,517.35 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,517.35 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,633.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,583.00 | ↑ +2157% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,458.00 | ↑ +2276% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20,963.00 | ↑ +2753% |
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Sleep study unattended at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $601.92 | $31.29 – $563.57 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $557.94 | $306.58 – $1,569.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,269.90 | $277.71 – $1,780.19 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,663.62 | $300.45 – $1,335.54 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $691.20 | $236.06 – $513.77 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $977.17 | $263.40 – $1,230.88 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $925.44 | $236.06 – $513.77 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $643.20 | $236.06 – $513.77 |