Biopsy of heart lining at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$1,861.16
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,760.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$272.83 with Kaiser vs $7,798.46 with Naphcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $335.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $335.58 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.56 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $605.56 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $634.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $682.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,945.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,162.70 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,475.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,856.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,944.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,951.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,026.00 | ↑ +63% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $3,189.20 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,332.00 | ↑ +79% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3,522.40 | ↑ +89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,617.20 | ↑ +148% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $4,760.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $4,760.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,940.00 | ↑ +165% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,486.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,675.00 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,889.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,798.66 | ↑ +265% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,858.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $7,798.46 | ↑ +319% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Biopsy of heart lining at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,632.70 | $272.83 – $7,798.46 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,223.46 | $272.83 – $5,091.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,973.72 | $272.83 – $4,934.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,251.55 | $272.83 – $4,846.65 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,803.69 | $272.83 – $5,153.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,796.44 | $2,238.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,006.88 | $3,429.00 – $7,883.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,159.53 | $272.83 – $6,073.65 |