Platelet automated at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$75.93
Cash price 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.
$114.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.77 with BCBS - Anthem vs $89.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $55.86 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $61.79 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $65.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $65.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $65.80 | ↓ -13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $68.25 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $70.80 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.61 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $73.17 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.35 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $74.35 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $74.35 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $77.35 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $81.45 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $81.45 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $83.54 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.18 | ↑ +17% |
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Platelet automated at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $115.20 | $4.48 – $13.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $8.34 | $0.90 – $7.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $110.67 | $4.39 – $36.55 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $132.68 | $3.58 – $11.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.52 | $3.24 – $13.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $86.82 | $3.77 – $31.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $85.88 | $3.77 – $30.81 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $212.67 | $4.48 – $46.19 |