Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only 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

$41.96

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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.

$63.00

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.

$3.34 with Health Net vs $12.66 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

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 $3.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6.99 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Select $7.51 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.27 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $8.27 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8.27 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Choice $8.62 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.96 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $9.65 ↓ -77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.69 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $10.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.55 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.98 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.56 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.56 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -71%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -71%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12.66 ↓ -70%

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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $127.46 $18.17 – $226.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $119.85 $23.14 – $45.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $38.22 $8.40 – $31.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $37.81 $8.40 – $31.83
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $88.23 $29.24 – $45.98
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $109.65 $33.16 – $45.98
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $9.60 $1.68 – $13.44
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $64.26 $13.23 – $68.29

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