Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at Community Hospital San Bernardino

1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$77.76 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,808.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $77.76
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $77.76
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $77.76
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $77.76
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $77.76
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $77.76
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $95.64
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $95.64
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.79
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $171.60
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $179.81
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $194.39
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $510.71
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $612.85
United Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Humana Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $647.05
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Patton Medicare|All Plans $647.05
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Molina Medicare|All Plans $647.05
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $711.75
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $1,099.98
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,261.75
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,945.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,507.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,881.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,989.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,026.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,046.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,808.00
Magellan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|Senior not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Redlands Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino not published $77.76 – $1,261.75
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $95.64 – $1,146.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $726.80 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $77.76 – $647.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $77.76 – $77.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $77.76 – $647.05
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $77.76 – $647.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $77.76 – $647.05

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