External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution 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

$73.43

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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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$110.25

Gross charge

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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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$23.88 with BCBS - Anthem vs $108.05 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $23.88 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $23.88 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.88 ↓ -67%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.88 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $23.88 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $28.53 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $59.68 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $64.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $70.56 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $70.56 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $70.56 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $73.59 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $76.52 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $82.36 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.69 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $86.45 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $90.08 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $90.08 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $90.08 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $93.72 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $98.68 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $98.68 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $108.05 ↑ +47%

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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $76.44 $4.90 – $116.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.19 $23.88 – $108.05
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.22 $23.88 – $108.05
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $14.40 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $81.69 $16.65 – $102.90
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $13.57 $1.79 – $68.82
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $49.21 $23.10 – $122.87
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $92.45 $20.00 – $119.40

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