Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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

$746.76

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.

$1,121.25

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.

$504.00 with Scan Health Plan vs $1,098.83 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
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $606.94 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $652.12 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $717.60 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $717.60 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $717.60 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $748.33 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $778.15 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $837.58 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $840.94 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $879.18 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $916.07 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $916.07 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $916.07 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $953.07 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,003.52 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,003.52 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,098.83 ↑ +47%

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $479.90 $504.00 – $1,298.61
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $439.53 $302.74 – $1,526.62
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $872.34 $504.00 – $1,098.83
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $408.14 $482.14 – $1,754.63
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $568.48 $504.00 – $1,098.83
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $654.81 $504.00 – $1,098.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $493.92 – $16,829.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $504.00 – $21,267.87

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