Echo transthoracic 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

$1,252.08

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.

$1,880.00

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.

$95.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,842.40 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 $95.79 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $95.79 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $95.79 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $95.79 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $95.79 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $486.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,017.65 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $1,093.41 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,203.20 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,203.20 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,203.20 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $1,254.72 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,304.72 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,404.36 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,410.00 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $1,474.11 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,535.96 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,535.96 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,535.96 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,598.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,682.60 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,682.60 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,842.40 ↑ +47%

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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $626.58 $109.66 – $1,030.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,072.57 $95.79 – $2,455.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $982.36 $95.79 – $2,455.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,412.77 $95.79 – $3,046.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,397.54 $95.79 – $3,008.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $765.51 $702.78 – $3,331.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,017.54 $95.79 – $2,838.02
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $816.00 $575.55 – $1,300.14

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