Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$879.30
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.
$1,954.00
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.
$51.67 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,954.00 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 | $51.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.55 | ↓ -93% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $427.82 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $487.71 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $510.53 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $713.39 | ↓ -19% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,270.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,339.08 | ↑ +52% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,367.80 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,563.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,660.90 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,660.90 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,758.60 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,875.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,875.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,954.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $736.28 | $63.55 – $1,311.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $435.74 | $62.28 – $776.97 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,549.38 | $265.44 – $513.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $636.44 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $568.10 | $51.67 – $804.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $582.91 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $429.99 | $51.67 – $927.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $425.36 | $51.67 – $915.61 |