Brain MRI (with contrast) at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$8,359.64
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.
$12,552.00
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.
$379.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,131.10 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 | $379.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.01 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $826.55 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,961.10 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $2,169.41 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,309.99 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $2,309.99 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $2,309.99 | ↓ -72% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,396.25 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $2,485.71 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,514.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,568.78 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,610.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,610.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,610.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,715.75 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,859.53 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,859.53 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,933.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,131.10 | ↓ -63% |
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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,534.27 | $453.77 – $4,513.08 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,813.94 | $71.43 – $4,714.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,692.51 | $470.15 – $3,096.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,481.59 | $379.01 – $8,151.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,567.20 | $379.01 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,188.75 | $379.01 – $6,876.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,154.37 | $379.01 – $6,790.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,096.03 | $495.35 – $3,913.55 |