Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$453.55
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.
$681.00
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.
$149.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $667.38 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 | $149.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.91 | ↓ -67% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $176.18 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $368.63 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $396.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $435.84 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $435.84 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $435.84 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $454.50 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $472.62 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $508.71 | ↑ +12% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $510.75 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $533.98 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $556.38 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $556.38 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $556.38 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $578.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $609.50 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $609.50 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $667.38 | ↑ +47% |
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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $425.74 | $108.73 – $834.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,228.79 | $149.91 – $11,311.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $984.32 | $149.91 – $9,050.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $322.77 | $149.91 – $843.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $310.12 | $149.91 – $796.37 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $428.91 | $424.83 – $1,333.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $271.07 | $97.02 – $1,266.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $355.47 | $390.55 – $459.61 |