Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$3,850.15

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.

$5,781.00

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.

$216.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,665.38 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.

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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 $216.64 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $216.64 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $216.64 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $216.64 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $216.64 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,495.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,129.26 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $3,362.23 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3,699.84 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $3,699.84 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,699.84 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $3,858.24 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,012.02 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4,318.41 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,335.75 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $4,532.89 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,723.08 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,723.08 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,723.08 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,913.85 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,174.00 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,174.00 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,665.38 ↑ +47%

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,379.17 $295.99 – $6,326.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,663.58 $168.52 – $3,320.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,252.64 $1,113.16 – $1,135.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,180.04 $190.30 – $6,618.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,130.12 $190.30 – $6,736.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,037.75 $216.64 – $6,714.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,005.00 $216.64 – $6,714.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,871.38 $1,172.85 – $1,172.85

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