Pyruvate kinase 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

$23.31

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.

$35.00

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.

$9.44 with Health Net vs $34.30 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 $9.44 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -60%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -48%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.95 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Select $20.36 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $22.40 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $22.40 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.40 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Choice $23.36 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.29 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $26.15 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.25 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $27.45 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.60 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $28.60 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $28.60 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.75 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $31.33 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.33 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $34.30 ↑ +47%

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Pyruvate kinase at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.76 $1.89 – $132.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14.98 $9.44 – $34.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13.72 $9.44 – $34.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $9.44 – $28.99
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $9.44 – $27.65
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $19.99 $3.50 – $28.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10.29 $7.35 – $29.71
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.23 $8.39 – $34.30

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