CT neck soft tissue without 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

$4,460.21

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.

$6,697.00

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.

$206.57 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,394.54 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 $206.57 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $206.57 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $206.57 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $206.57 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $206.57 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $368.14 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $873.44 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Select $966.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,028.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,028.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,028.83 ↓ -77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,067.25 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Choice $1,107.10 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,119.76 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,144.10 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,162.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,162.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,162.60 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,209.55 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,273.59 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,273.59 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $1,306.32 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,394.54 ↓ -69%

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $954.41 $135.12 – $1,699.62
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $736.78 $21.27 – $1,271.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,196.17 $140.89 – $1,099.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,198.21 $135.12 – $3,773.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,733.43 $134.73 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,372.33 $135.12 – $2,959.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,357.54 $135.12 – $2,922.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,444.43 $148.44 – $1,389.53

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