Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$203.13

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.

$305.00

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.

$8.46 with Health Net vs $20.73 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11.45 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Select $12.31 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $13.54 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $13.54 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.54 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Choice $14.12 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.68 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.87 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $16.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.28 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.28 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.28 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.93 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.93 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $20.73 ↓ -90%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $8.46 – $26.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.49 $1.69 – $107.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $465.12 $8.29 – $69.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $279.92 $8.46 – $23.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $256.37 $6.48 – $25.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $295.32 $8.46 – $75.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $292.14 $8.46 – $74.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $548.25 $8.46 – $87.30

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