Blood, l/r, irradiated 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

$943.88

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.

$2,414.00

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.

$106.95 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,853.00 with United — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.95 ↓ -89%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $117.65 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $147.13 ↓ -84%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $181.81 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $205.98 ↓ -78%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $208.55 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $215.84 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $220.70 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $222.59 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $222.59 ↓ -76%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $235.09 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $294.26 ↓ -69%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $735.65 ↓ -22%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,327.70 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,400.12 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,448.40 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,496.68 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,520.82 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,689.80 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,810.50 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,907.06 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,931.20 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $2,414.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,268.00 ↑ +776%
United Commercial|HMO $16,853.00 ↑ +1686%

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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $694.64 $106.95 – $6,210.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $786.52 $106.95 – $1,696.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $778.04 $106.95 – $1,674.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $460.70 $101.51 – $1,284.94
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,046.48 $106.95 – $2,032.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $630.81 $106.95 – $1,467.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $752.74 $106.95 – $1,847.20
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica not published $84.55 – $321.14

All California hospitals for this procedure →