Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug 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

$231.11

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.

$347.00

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.

$32.86 with Scan Health Plan vs $124.46 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
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $32.86 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $68.75 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Select $73.87 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $81.28 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $81.28 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $81.28 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Choice $84.76 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $88.14 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $94.87 ↓ -59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $95.25 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $99.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $103.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $103.76 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $107.95 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $113.67 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $113.67 ↓ -51%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $124.46 ↓ -46%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $123.52 $66.96 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $61.82 $39.36 – $93.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $148.41 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $265.79 $112.50 – $1,208.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $221.09 $57.51 – $213.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $206.28 $72.90 – $281.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $204.06 $72.90 – $221.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $369.75 not published

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