Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$5,105.25
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.
$11,345.00
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.
$1,831.52 with Aetna vs $49,753.43 with Cigna — 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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| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,831.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,831.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,324.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,324.22 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,324.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,324.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $4,929.61 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,660.13 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,374.25 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,909.19 | ↑ +55% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,941.50 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,076.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,643.25 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,643.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,534.81 | ↑ +165% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $46,769.24 | ↑ +816% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49,753.43 | ↑ +875% |
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Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $8,198.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,595.11 | $495.85 – $13,858.31 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $8,198.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $8,198.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $8,198.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $8,198.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |