Injection for arthrography wrist (both sides) 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

$1,741.59

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.

$2,615.00

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.

$208.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,120.14 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $208.91 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $208.91 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $208.91 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $208.91 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $208.91 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $295.70 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $701.58 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Select $776.10 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $826.39 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $826.39 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $826.39 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $857.25 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Choice $889.26 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $899.43 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $918.98 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $933.84 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $933.84 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $933.84 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $971.55 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,022.99 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,022.99 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|HMO $1,049.28 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,120.14 ↓ -36%

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Injection for arthrography wrist (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $179.58 $110.70 – $410.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $256.82 $134.48 – $318.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $991.95 $390.55 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $606.05 $208.91 – $1,291.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $205.41 $123.93 – $449.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $195.15 $208.91 – $526.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $193.05 $208.91 – $526.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $608.94 $559.50 – $6,200.00

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