Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

1100 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1396778197

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$244.86

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.

$3,498.00

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.

$1,176.73 with UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $4,547.40 with CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS — 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
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,176.73 ↑ +381%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $1,176.73 ↑ +381%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $1,178.13 ↑ +381%
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $1,189.32 ↑ +386%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1,259.28 ↑ +414%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $1,448.17 ↑ +491%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,696.53 ↑ +593%
CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS $1,923.90 ↑ +686%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS $2,020.10 ↑ +725%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $2,020.10 ↑ +725%
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,238.72 ↑ +814%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS $3,148.20 ↑ +1186%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $3,498.00 ↑ +1329%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $3,987.72 ↑ +1529%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $4,204.60 ↑ +1617%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $4,547.40 ↑ +1757%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $4,547.40 ↑ +1757%

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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,686.67 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,686.67 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $1,686.67 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,934.30 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,934.30 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,757.06 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,313.98 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,757.06 not published

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