Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/im 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

$505.80

Cash price

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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.

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.

$1,123.98

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.

$33.34 with BCBS - Anthem vs $955.39 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
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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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $33.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $46.58 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $107.75 ↓ -79%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $137.93 ↓ -73%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $137.93 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $179.14 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $179.14 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $179.14 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $208.67 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $208.67 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $220.23 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Options PPO $220.23 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $220.23 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $220.23 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $236.04 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $286.62 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $290.84 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $292.24 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $292.24 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $292.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $292.24 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $320.34 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $373.72 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $397.52 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $730.59 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $764.31 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $899.19 ↑ +78%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $914.70 ↑ +81%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $955.39 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $955.39 ↑ +89%

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Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $196.32 $24.72 – $405.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $383.88 $22.68 – $286.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $382.08 $148.42 – $562.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $550.76 $130.38 – $1,376.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $207.76 $59.11 – $205.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $205.52 $36.95 – $203.03
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $383.88 $24.56 – $286.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $383.88 $29.29 – $286.96

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