Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$68.60

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.

$103.00

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.

$21.99 with BCBS - Anthem vs $83.30 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 Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $21.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $46.02 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Select $49.44 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $54.40 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $54.40 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $54.40 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Choice $56.73 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.99 ↓ -14%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -9%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -9%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.75 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $66.65 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.45 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $69.45 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $69.45 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $72.25 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $76.08 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.08 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $83.30 ↑ +21%

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $491.88 $76.73 – $875.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $480.22 $62.38 – $1,099.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $356.33 $62.38 – $890.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.84 $62.38 – $375.07
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $335.81 $62.38 – $375.07
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $612.51 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $700.74 $394.79 – $8,018.00

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