Unlisted px small intestine at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$3,488.85
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.
$7,753.00
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.
$1,288.08 with Health Net vs $9,253.00 with Health Net — 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 | $1,288.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,288.08 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,288.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,288.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1,468.41 | ↓ -58% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,932.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,031.69 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,039.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,272.04 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,202.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,590.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,590.05 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $6,840.00 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,977.70 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.88 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,442.88 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,753.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,328.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $8,425.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,253.00 | ↑ +165% |
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Unlisted px small intestine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,680.96 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,034.50 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,447.60 | $1,166.53 – $7,327.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $842.01 | $1,222.02 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,681.00 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,652.40 | $1,262.04 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,611.04 | $991.55 – $5,171.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $865.46 | $713.46 – $3,102.00 |