Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 minutes 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

$770.57

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.

$1,157.00

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.

$46.65 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,030.96 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 $46.65 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $46.65 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $46.65 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $46.65 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $46.65 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $272.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $569.45 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Select $611.85 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $673.28 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $673.28 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $673.28 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Choice $702.11 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $730.09 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $785.85 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $789.00 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|HMO $824.88 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $859.49 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $859.49 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $859.49 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $894.20 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $941.54 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $941.54 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,030.96 ↑ +34%

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Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $135.78 $16.77 – $201.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $309.68 $76.97 – $475.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $342.72 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $197.74 $46.65 – $330.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $181.11 $46.65 – $284.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $239.67 $46.65 – $284.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $474.17 $46.65 – $351.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $639.54 not published

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