Bx of breast open 19101 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

$3,912.09

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.

$5,874.00

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.

$236.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,535.04 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 $236.25 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $236.25 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $236.25 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $236.25 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $236.25 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,461.14 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,057.27 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Select $3,284.88 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3,614.72 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $3,614.72 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,614.72 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Choice $3,769.48 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,919.72 ↑ +0%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4,219.06 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,236.00 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $4,428.60 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,614.42 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,614.42 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,614.42 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,800.80 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,054.96 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,054.96 ↑ +29%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,535.04 ↑ +41%

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Bx of breast open 19101 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,389.21 $236.25 – $18,254.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $5,204.64 $4,035.00 – $9,316.42
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $4,322.15 $1,528.38 – $9,297.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $290.59 – $8,628.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $236.25 – $4,865.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $236.25 – $4,865.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $236.25 – $4,865.48

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