Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$18.83

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.

$269.00

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.

$7.73 with CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $349.70 with COALINGA-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
CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $7.73 ↓ -59%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $7.73 ↓ -59%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $7.73 ↓ -59%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $7.73 ↓ -59%
CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS $10.05 ↓ -47%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $13.91 ↓ -26%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $59.21 ↑ +214%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $59.28 ↑ +215%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $63.36 ↑ +236%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $72.86 ↑ +287%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $85.36 ↑ +353%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $90.49 ↑ +381%
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $91.46 ↑ +386%
CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS $96.80 ↑ +414%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS $155.35 ↑ +725%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $155.35 ↑ +725%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS $158.40 ↑ +741%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $176.00 ↑ +835%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $228.80 ↑ +1115%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $306.66 ↑ +1529%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $323.34 ↑ +1617%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $349.70 ↑ +1757%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $94.08 $6.00 – $6.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $94.08 $6.00 – $6.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $94.08 $6.00 – $6.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $94.08 $6.00 – $6.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $132.08 $5.00 – $5.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $132.08 $5.00 – $5.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $94.08 $6.00 – $6.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.84 $1.55 – $38.80

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