Blood typing patient serum at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$35.30
Cash price 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.
$53.00
Gross charge 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.
$9.81 with BCBS - Anthem vs $51.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -72% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $28.69 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $30.83 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $33.92 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $33.92 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $33.92 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $35.38 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.79 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $39.60 | ↑ +12% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $39.75 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.56 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $43.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $43.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $45.05 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.44 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.44 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $51.94 | ↑ +47% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $71.28 | $3.27 – $99.91 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.59 | $9.81 – $53.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $28.89 | $9.37 – $53.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $21.18 | $23.18 – $140.37 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $34.40 | $9.81 – $272.65 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $38.70 | $6.84 – $88.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $96.25 | $19.94 – $140.37 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $35.19 | $9.81 – $107.25 |