Ghs flow volume loop 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

$216.45

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.

$325.00

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.

$19.67 with Health Net vs $74.48 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 $19.67 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.14 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Select $44.21 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $48.64 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $48.64 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $48.64 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Choice $50.73 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.75 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $56.78 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $57.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $59.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.10 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $62.10 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $62.10 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.60 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68.02 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.02 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $74.48 ↓ -66%

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Ghs flow volume loop at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $219.44 $32.78 – $702.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $178.98 $58.81 – $319.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $327.42 $26.65 – $749.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $299.88 $26.65 – $749.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $118.72 $26.65 – $320.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $117.44 $26.65 – $320.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $364.14 $175.02 – $306.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $311.10 $198.47 – $277.71

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