Ther/proph/diag inj ia 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

$372.15

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.

$827.00

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.

$18.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,933.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $18.25 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $20.17 ↓ -95%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $20.17 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.45 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $221.98 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $221.98 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $289.46 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $329.98 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $537.55 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $578.90 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $611.98 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $620.25 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $661.60 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $702.95 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $702.95 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $744.30 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $827.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $827.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $827.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $906.01 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,923.00 ↑ +417%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,046.00 ↑ +450%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,842.00 ↑ +664%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,110.00 ↑ +1811%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,933.00 ↑ +2569%

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Ther/proph/diag inj ia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $239.59 $22.45 – $1,951.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $419.22 $286.64 – $292.49
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $429.64 $18.25 – $1,654.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $136.90 $18.25 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $400.86 $302.01 – $302.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $393.72 $273.57 – $273.57
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $210.63 $286.58 – $286.58
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $263.67 not published

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