Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$51.95

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.

$78.00

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.

$19.15 with Health Net vs $72.52 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 $19.15 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.06 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Select $43.04 ↓ -17%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $43.78 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $43.78 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $43.78 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $43.78 ↓ -16%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $43.78 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $47.36 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $47.36 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $47.36 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Choice $49.39 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $51.36 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $55.28 ↑ +6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $55.50 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|HMO $58.03 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.46 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.46 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.46 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $62.90 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $66.23 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $66.23 ↑ +27%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $72.52 ↑ +40%

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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $303.78 $66.24 – $732.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $257.04 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.71 $43.78 – $206.91
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $270.81 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $865.47 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $235.11 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $611.49 $8,222.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $260.10 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

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