New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

$178.99

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.

$2,557.00

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.

$161.10 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS vs $1,034.80 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
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $161.10 ↓ -10%
CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS CENCAL MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS $161.10 ↓ -10%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $161.10 ↓ -10%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $161.10 ↓ -10%
CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS CFMG-CA FORENSIC MED GRP OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS $209.43 ↑ +17%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $267.77 ↑ +50%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $267.77 ↑ +50%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $268.09 ↑ +50%
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $270.64 ↑ +51%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $286.56 ↑ +60%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $289.98 ↑ +62%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $329.54 ↑ +84%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $386.06 ↑ +116%
CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS $437.80 ↑ +145%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $459.69 ↑ +157%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS $459.69 ↑ +157%
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $496.00 ↑ +177%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS $716.40 ↑ +300%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $796.00 ↑ +345%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $907.44 ↑ +407%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $956.79 ↑ +435%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $1,034.80 ↑ +478%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $1,034.80 ↑ +478%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $822.12 $102.00 – $313.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $291.04 $118.62 – $567.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $402.27 $77.61 – $294.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $222.27 $118.62 – $449.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $253.60 $104.00 – $683.10
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $970.53 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $164.73 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $264.90 $118.62 – $738.82

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