Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$1,127.25

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.

$2,505.00

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.

$306.98 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,129.25 with Multiplan — 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 $306.98 ↓ -73%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $306.98 ↓ -73%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $306.98 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $464.44 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $464.44 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $806.82 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,127.14 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|HMO $1,267.58 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,267.58 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,279.05 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,283.16 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,628.25 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,753.50 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,004.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,129.25 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,129.25 ↑ +89%

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $262.80 $160.38 – $528.01
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,414.56 $1,002.00 – $1,002.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,414.56 $1,002.00 – $1,002.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,015.56 $894.00 – $894.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,015.56 $894.00 – $894.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $307.38 $180.81 – $506.52
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,414.56 $1,002.00 – $1,002.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,414.56 $1,002.00 – $1,002.00

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