CT neck soft tissue w/contrast 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

$5,575.76

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.

$8,372.00

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.

$256.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,805.16 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 $256.11 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $256.11 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $256.11 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $256.11 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $256.11 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $476.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,130.62 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Select $1,250.72 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,331.77 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,331.77 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,331.77 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,381.50 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Choice $1,433.08 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,449.47 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,480.97 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,504.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,504.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,504.92 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,565.70 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,648.59 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,648.59 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $1,690.96 ↓ -70%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,805.16 ↓ -68%

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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,988.52 $226.19 – $3,541.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $921.12 $35.60 – $1,589.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,933.12 $236.37 – $1,315.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,052.93 $226.19 – $5,311.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,431.97 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,653.18 $226.19 – $3,564.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,635.36 $226.19 – $3,520.24
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,458.71 $249.04 – $1,662.96

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