Kit lead specify 5-6-5 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

$17,820.17

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.

$26,757.00

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.

$6,922.04 with Scan Health Plan vs $26,221.86 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 $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $6,922.04 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14,483.57 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $15,561.88 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $17,124.48 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $17,124.48 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17,124.48 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $17,857.63 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18,569.36 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $19,987.48 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20,067.75 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $20,980.17 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21,860.47 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21,860.47 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21,860.47 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22,743.45 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23,947.52 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23,947.52 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $26,221.86 ↑ +47%

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Kit lead specify 5-6-5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17,578.26 $535.68 – $1,740.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18,613.05 $2,849.50 – $6,741.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $57,757.50 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,212.36 $36.34 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,101.04 $30.02 – $154.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $281.25 – $1,012.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,588.10 $281.25 – $1,091.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $39,206.25 not published

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