Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm 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

$299.04

Cash price

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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.

$449.00

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.

$101.68 with BCBS - Anthem vs $433.16 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $101.68 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $101.68 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $101.68 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $101.68 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $101.68 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $114.35 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $239.26 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Select $257.07 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $282.88 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $282.88 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $282.88 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Choice $295.00 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $306.75 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $330.18 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $331.50 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $346.58 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $361.12 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $361.12 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $361.12 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $375.70 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $395.59 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $395.59 ↑ +32%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $433.16 ↑ +45%

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Pr excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 3.1 - 4.0 cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,098.66 $125.07 – $4,045.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,036.03 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,811.88 $101.68 – $3,900.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,375.69 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,395.58 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $2,225.27 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,290.41 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,247.68 $2,238.00 – $4,737.00

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