Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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

$4,026.15

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.

$8,947.00

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.

$4.73 with Blue Shield CA vs $2,341.75 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4.73 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.47 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.03 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.45 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $9.85 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.85 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.10 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.16 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10.16 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.16 ↓ -100%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $10.34 ↓ -100%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $10.34 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $13.39 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.65 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.65 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $16.26 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $16.50 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $16.76 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.83 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $18.18 ↓ -100%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $24.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.50 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,790.75 ↓ -56%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,873.40 ↓ -53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↓ -45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,341.75 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,341.75 ↓ -42%

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,155.40 $4.59 – $1,476.30
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $4,311.40 $7.14 – $7.14
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,938.96 $4.40 – $12.64

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