New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1100 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1396778197
$39.90
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.
$570.00
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.
$41.59 with CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $638.30 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.
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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| CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $41.59 | ↑ +4% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $41.59 | ↑ +4% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $41.59 | ↑ +4% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $41.59 | ↑ +4% |
| CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS | CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS | $54.07 | ↑ +36% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $74.86 | ↑ +88% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $84.54 | ↑ +112% |
| HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $85.34 | ↑ +114% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | $103.91 | ↑ +160% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $121.74 | ↑ +205% |
| CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS | CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $138.05 | ↑ +246% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $144.95 | ↑ +263% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS | $144.95 | ↑ +263% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $165.17 | ↑ +314% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $165.17 | ↑ +314% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $176.76 | ↑ +343% |
| PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS | PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS | $225.90 | ↑ +466% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $251.00 | ↑ +529% |
| CENCAL MCAL | CENCAL MCAL | $286.14 | ↑ +617% |
| BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | $301.70 | ↑ +656% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $496.00 | ↑ +1143% |
| COALINGA-ALL PLANS | COALINGA-ALL PLANS | $638.30 | ↑ +1500% |
| CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | $638.30 | ↑ +1500% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $559.01 | $50.22 – $204.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,479.42 | $69.70 – $164.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $145.10 | $49.20 – $305.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $115.89 | $23.03 – $87.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $148.96 | $49.20 – $298.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $154.71 | $61.11 – $333.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $161.12 | $61.11 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $309.57 | not published |