Ultrasound transvaginal non obstetric 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

$1,048.95

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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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$2,331.00

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.

$97.04 with COSC Psych vs $1,981.35 with First Health — 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

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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $97.04 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $97.04 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $97.04 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $146.81 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $146.81 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $166.55 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -77%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $457.29 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $689.06 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $962.86 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,088.89 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,088.89 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,515.15 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,631.70 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,778.76 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,864.80 ↑ +78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,892.25 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,981.35 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,981.35 ↑ +89%

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Ultrasound transvaginal non obstetric at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $766.50 $135.12 – $1,365.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $514.80 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $514.80 $96.00 – $96.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $788.14 $21.27 – $973.88
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →