Prednisone 1 mg tablet at TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1100 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1396778197
$2.10
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.
$30.00
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.
$7.74 with UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $29.90 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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| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $7.74 | ↑ +269% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $7.74 | ↑ +269% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $7.75 | ↑ +269% |
| HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $7.82 | ↑ +272% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $8.28 | ↑ +294% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | $9.52 | ↑ +353% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $11.16 | ↑ +431% |
| CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS | CHN-COMMUNITY HLTH NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $12.65 | ↑ +502% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXLUS | $13.28 | ↑ +532% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $13.28 | ↑ +532% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.72 | ↑ +601% |
| PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS | PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE-ALL PLANS | $20.70 | ↑ +886% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $23.00 | ↑ +995% |
| CENCAL MCAL | CENCAL MCAL | $23.00 | ↑ +995% |
| BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | $27.65 | ↑ +1217% |
| COALINGA-ALL PLANS | COALINGA-ALL PLANS | $29.90 | ↑ +1324% |
| CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | $29.90 | ↑ +1324% |
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Prednisone 1 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $0.02 – $11.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $0.50 | $0.78 – $1.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.01 – $3.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3.43 | $0.02 – $2.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2.67 | $1.04 – $3.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.32 | $0.02 – $2.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2.97 | $0.02 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2.21 | $0.01 – $3.16 |