Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at Mark Twain Medical Center

768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,016.65

Cash price

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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.

$3,028.00

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.

$119.34 with BCBS - Anthem vs $764.40 with Multiplan — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $201.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $478.77 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Select $529.62 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $563.94 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $563.94 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $563.94 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $585.00 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Choice $606.84 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $613.79 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $627.12 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $637.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $637.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $637.26 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $663.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $698.10 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $698.10 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $716.04 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $764.40 ↓ -62%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $722.27 $135.12 – $1,286.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.10 $21.27 – $1,028.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,803.98 $140.89 – $461.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,146.62 $119.34 – $2,190.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $913.36 $119.34 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $875.94 $119.34 – $1,888.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $866.49 $119.34 – $1,865.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,491.86 $148.44 – $583.26

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