Unlisted px abdomen muscskel at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$3,892.95
Cash price 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.
$8,651.00
Gross charge 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.
$329.56 with Health Net vs $12,303.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $329.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $329.56 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $329.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $329.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $375.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,031.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,932.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $4,988.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,623.15 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,882.68 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,074.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,144.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,748.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,920.80 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,353.35 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,353.35 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,785.90 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,304.96 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,304.96 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,651.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9,630.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $10,065.00 | ↑ +159% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,303.00 | ↑ +216% |
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Unlisted px abdomen muscskel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $358.98 | $139.44 – $528.22 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $4,496.25 | $315.23 – $4,583.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $304.79 – $519.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $332.41 – $2,937.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |