Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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

$2,293.04

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.

$3,443.00

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.

$224.72 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,044.28 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $539.65 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,129.16 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Select $1,213.22 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,335.04 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,335.04 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,335.04 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Choice $1,392.20 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,447.69 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,558.25 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,564.50 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $1,635.64 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,704.27 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,704.27 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,704.27 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,773.10 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,866.97 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,866.97 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,044.28 ↓ -11%

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,011.78 $276.41 – $3,763.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $943.78 $323.12 – $1,168.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $765.70 $224.72 – $1,723.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,843.97 $224.72 – $1,723.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,186.83 $224.72 – $1,623.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,174.04 $224.72 – $1,623.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,782.05 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,357.22 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00

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