Stress test pulmonary at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$83.70
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.
$186.00
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.
$30.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $554.29 with Sutter Health — 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 | $30.12 | ↓ -64% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $120.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $130.20 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $142.06 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $148.80 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $158.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $158.10 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $167.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↑ +112% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $177.09 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.56 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.56 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $186.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $186.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $201.88 | ↑ +141% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $554.29 | ↑ +562% |
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Stress test pulmonary at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $272.34 | $73.86 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $288.48 | $30.12 – $660.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $264.21 | $30.12 – $660.52 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $182.40 | $30.12 – $392.63 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $404.94 | $93.34 – $188.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $349.86 | $105.85 – $171.12 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $154.02 | $42.23 – $179.26 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $309.57 | $106.10 – $106.10 |