Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil 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

$536.80

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.

$806.00

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.

$161.07 with Kaiser vs $751.66 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $161.07 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $161.07 ↓ -70%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $161.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $161.07 ↓ -70%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $161.07 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $208.52 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $415.18 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Select $446.09 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $490.88 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $490.88 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $490.88 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Choice $511.90 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $532.30 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $572.95 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $575.25 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|HMO $601.41 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $626.64 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $626.64 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $626.64 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $651.95 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $686.47 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $686.47 ↑ +28%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $751.66 ↑ +40%

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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $732.34 $198.12 – $1,304.16
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,364.47 $161.07 – $3,124.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,249.70 $161.07 – $3,124.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,381.24 $161.07 – $1,992.71
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $821.72 $161.07 – $2,216.61
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,040.76 $161.07 – $1,443.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,170.60 $161.07 – $969.21
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,144.15 $1,142.00 – $4,751.00

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