X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$646.69

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.

$971.00

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.

$59.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $447.86 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.

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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 $59.94 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $59.94 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $59.94 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $59.94 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $59.94 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $118.23 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $280.51 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Select $310.31 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $330.42 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $330.42 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $330.42 ↓ -49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $342.75 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Choice $355.55 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $359.62 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $367.43 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $373.37 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $373.37 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $373.37 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $388.45 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $409.02 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $409.02 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $419.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $447.86 ↓ -31%

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,383.20 $731.00 – $731.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $413.91 $90.69 – $2,339.15
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,383.20 $731.00 – $731.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,383.20 $731.00 – $731.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,383.20 $731.00 – $731.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,435.20 $498.00 – $498.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,435.20 $498.00 – $498.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,383.20 $731.00 – $731.00

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