Ghs fish cytogen 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

$210.99

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.

$316.80

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.

$21.42 with Health Net vs $79.14 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $43.71 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Select $46.97 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $51.68 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $51.68 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $51.68 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Choice $53.90 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.05 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $60.33 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.57 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $63.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.98 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $65.98 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $65.98 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.64 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $72.28 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.28 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $79.14 ↓ -62%

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Ghs fish cytogen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $219.41 $6.99 – $56.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $206.90 $4.28 – $27.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.50 $21.42 – $55.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $49.00 $14.85 – $64.87
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.90 $21.42 – $61.54
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $63.21 $21.42 – $61.54
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $98.34 $4.37 – $34.96
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $50.64 $9.18 – $43.70

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