Tc-99m sulfur colloid at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$513.49
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.
$771.00
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.
$42.56 with BCBS - Anthem vs $643.86 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 | $42.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $169.97 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $403.27 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $446.11 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $475.02 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $475.02 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $475.02 | ↓ -7% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $492.75 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $511.15 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $528.23 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $536.77 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $536.77 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $536.77 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $558.45 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $588.02 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $588.02 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $603.13 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $643.86 | ↑ +25% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $139.73 | $64.39 – $248.82 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $204.92 | $70.22 – $285.18 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $212.29 | $42.56 – $486.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $153.67 | $42.56 – $376.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $131.71 | $42.56 – $153.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $130.29 | $42.56 – $153.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $245.20 | $32.13 – $900.49 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $231.85 | $42.56 – $292.04 |