Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection 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

$795.87

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.

$1,195.00

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.

$57.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $305.76 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 $57.25 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $57.25 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $57.25 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $57.25 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $57.25 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $80.72 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $168.89 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Select $181.46 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $199.68 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $199.68 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $199.68 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Choice $208.23 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $216.53 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $233.07 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $234.00 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $244.64 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $254.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $254.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $254.91 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $265.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $279.24 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $279.24 ↓ -65%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $305.76 ↓ -62%

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Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,125.66 $70.42 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,778.19 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,868.22 $57.25 – $4,066.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,780.47 $57.25 – $4,239.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,003.40 $57.25 – $4,320.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,005.29 $57.25 – $4,316.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,008.93 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,923.32 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00

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