Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$76.05

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.

$169.00

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.

$33.65 with Health Net vs $20,963.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.65 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $38.36 ↓ -50%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $105.32 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $109.85 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $118.30 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $124.69 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $124.69 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $135.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $143.65 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $143.65 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $148.72 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $670.00 ↑ +781%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $713.00 ↑ +838%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $905.00 ↑ +1090%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $947.00 ↑ +1145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,157.00 ↑ +1421%
United Commercial|HMO $16,583.00 ↑ +21705%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,458.00 ↑ +22856%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,963.00 ↑ +27465%

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $85.68 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $85.68 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $100.88 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $100.88 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $85.68 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $85.68 not published
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $85.68 not published

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