X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study 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

$891.90

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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.

$1,982.00

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.

$135.72 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,104.51 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.

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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

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 Medicaid|All Plans $135.72 ↓ -85%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $135.72 ↓ -85%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $135.72 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $205.34 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $205.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $244.57 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $244.57 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $244.57 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $244.57 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $278.81 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $585.37 ↓ -34%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $765.50 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $817.96 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $995.50 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $995.50 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,249.95 ↑ +40%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,346.10 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,538.40 ↑ +72%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,634.55 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,634.55 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,918.31 ↑ +227%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,104.51 ↑ +248%

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X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $481.60 $238.00 – $238.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $574.22 $205.34 – $1,022.58
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $481.60 $238.00 – $238.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $481.60 $238.00 – $238.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $481.60 $238.00 – $238.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $613.60 $161.00 – $161.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $613.60 $161.00 – $161.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $481.60 $238.00 – $238.00

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