Urine Culture Test at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$234.00
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.
$520.00
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.
$8.07 with Blue Shield CA vs $156.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.10 | ↓ -97% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $9.20 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.68 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.68 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.25 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.25 | ↓ -95% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25.26 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $71.76 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $71.76 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $72.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.94 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $85.19 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $85.19 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $87.36 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $101.40 | ↓ -57% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $109.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $124.80 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $124.94 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $132.60 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $132.60 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $156.00 | ↓ -33% |
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Urine Culture Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $157.92 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $190.53 | $8.07 – $25.18 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $157.92 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $157.92 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $157.92 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $139.36 | $5.00 – $5.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $139.36 | $5.00 – $5.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $157.92 | $8.00 – $8.00 |