Transferrin at Mark Twain Medical Center
768 Mountain Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1508968819
$194.48
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.
$292.00
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.
$12.76 with Health Net vs $31.27 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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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.79 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.79 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.79 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.79 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.79 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Select | $18.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $20.42 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $20.42 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.42 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Choice | $21.30 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.14 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $23.83 | ↓ -88% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.93 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $26.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $27.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $28.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $31.27 | ↓ -84% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Transferrin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $84.54 | $2.59 – $33.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $24.41 | $2.55 – $24.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $167.79 | $12.50 – $107.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.11 | $4.78 – $32.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $23.92 | $2.59 – $38.63 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $51.57 | $12.76 – $81.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $51.02 | $12.76 – $94.01 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $203.49 | $12.76 – $135.57 |