Blood typing patient serum 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

$35.19

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.

$90.00

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.

$9.81 with Partnership Health Plan vs $128.30 with Epic Health — 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 $9.81 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.00 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -61%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.85 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.85 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18.70 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.61 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $19.61 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $19.62 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $21.85 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $26.25 ↓ -25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $30.25 ↓ -14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $31.90 ↓ -9%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.10 ↓ -3%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↑ +9%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $38.65 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.15 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $41.25 ↑ +17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.87 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.87 ↑ +33%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $49.05 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.05 ↑ +42%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +56%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $60.50 ↑ +72%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +114%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $107.25 ↑ +205%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $128.30 ↑ +265%

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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $29.97 $9.81 – $107.25
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $71.28 $3.27 – $99.91
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.30 $9.81 – $51.94
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $15.59 $9.81 – $53.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $28.89 $9.37 – $53.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $21.18 $23.18 – $140.37
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $34.40 $9.81 – $272.65
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $38.70 $6.84 – $88.00

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