Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$45.07

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.

$67.67

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.

$11.54 with Health Net vs $28.28 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -74%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -71%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.62 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Select $16.78 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $18.47 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $18.47 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.47 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Choice $19.26 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.03 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $21.56 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.64 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $22.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.58 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.58 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.58 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.83 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.83 ↓ -43%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $28.28 ↓ -37%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $403.84 $11.54 – $719.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.75 $0.82 – $15.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.46 $11.31 – $80.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.97 $4.79 – $29.73
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.96 $2.59 – $34.95
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $11.54 – $33.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $11.54 – $33.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $47.46 $11.54 – $102.09

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