X-ray exam of sinuses 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

$471.53

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.

$708.00

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.

$31.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $209.72 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 $31.01 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $31.01 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $31.01 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $31.01 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $31.01 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.37 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.36 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Select $145.31 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $154.73 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $154.73 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $154.73 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $160.50 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Choice $166.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $168.40 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $172.06 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $174.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $174.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $174.84 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $181.90 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $191.53 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $191.53 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $196.46 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $209.72 ↓ -56%

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X-ray exam of sinuses at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $257.04 $118.00 – $118.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $381.94 $46.91 – $680.16
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $257.04 $118.00 – $118.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $257.04 $118.00 – $118.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $257.04 $118.00 – $118.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $254.80 $81.00 – $81.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $254.80 $81.00 – $81.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $257.04 $118.00 – $118.00

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