Dilation of salivary duct 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

$1,916.75

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.

$2,878.00

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.

$44.86 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,233.82 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 $44.86 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $44.86 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $44.86 ↓ -98%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $44.86 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $44.86 ↓ -98%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $325.71 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $772.78 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Select $854.87 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $910.26 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $910.26 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $910.26 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $944.25 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Choice $979.51 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $990.71 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,012.24 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,028.61 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,028.61 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,028.61 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,070.15 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,126.81 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,126.81 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|HMO $1,155.77 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,233.82 ↓ -36%

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Dilation of salivary duct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $575.05 $44.86 – $1,240.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $568.85 $44.86 – $1,224.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $837.61 $44.86 – $1,162.56
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $811.13 $44.86 – $670.23
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $55.18 – $1,146.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $726.80 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $44.86 – $647.05
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $44.86 – $647.05

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