Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$2,880.45

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.

$4,325.00

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.

$925.89 with Scan Health Plan vs $3,507.42 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 $925.89 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $925.89 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,196.80 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Select $2,430.15 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $2,587.62 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $2,587.62 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,587.62 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,684.25 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Choice $2,784.47 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,816.32 ↓ -2%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $2,877.52 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,924.05 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,924.05 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,924.05 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,042.15 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,203.21 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,203.21 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $3,285.53 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,507.42 ↑ +22%

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,082.93 $1,853.28 – $11,638.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,931.78 $1,330.56 – $4,829.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,448.39 $1,853.28 – $3,330.77
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,432.77 $1,374.36 – $3,084.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,614.59 $2,030.33 – $6,312.15
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,218.72 $1,989.72 – $5,370.12
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,517.92 $1,563.28 – $3,402.43
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,271.15 $1,197.36 – $2,019.00

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