Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$306.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$680.00

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.

$48.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $578.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 Commercial|All Other Plans $48.17 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $56.61 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $56.61 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $56.61 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $67.30 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $90.58 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $91.90 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $101.23 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $107.56 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $114.41 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $126.50 ↓ -59%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $197.20 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $228.66 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $230.30 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $267.18 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $267.18 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $269.43 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $278.55 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $462.40 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $544.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $578.00 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $578.00 ↑ +89%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $111.69 $35.02 – $198.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $32.78 – $352.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $363.80 $56.61 – $833.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $296.45 $115.16 – $436.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $333.20 $44.40 – $833.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $166.21 $17.20 – $43.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $164.42 $10.75 – $43.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $35.48 – $352.08

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