Inj proc myelogram lumbar at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$2,349.65
Cash price 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.
$3,528.00
Gross charge 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.
$101.68 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,360.24 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $359.08 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $851.96 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $942.46 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,003.53 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $1,003.53 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,003.53 | ↓ -57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $1,079.87 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,092.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,115.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,134.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,134.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,134.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,179.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,242.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,242.26 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,274.19 | ↓ -46% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,360.24 | ↓ -42% |
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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $162.50 | $100.17 – $289.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $373.23 | $146.21 – $693.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,088.34 | $464.59 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $353.53 | $101.68 – $753.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $330.46 | $101.68 – $785.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $201.83 | $101.68 – $484.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $199.65 | $101.68 – $538.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $698.19 | $655.25 – $6,200.00 |