Brace afo spiral prefab 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

$1,855.30

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.

$4,745.00

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.

$527.93 with Kaiser vs $2,805.00 with SBMG — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $527.93 ↓ -72%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $589.05 ↓ -68%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $617.10 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $645.15 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $701.25 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $774.47 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $798.70 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $798.70 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $841.50 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $841.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,009.80 ↓ -46%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,055.86 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,150.05 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,150.05 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,178.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,206.15 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,234.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,234.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,234.20 ↓ -33%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,262.25 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,346.40 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,402.50 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,430.55 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $1,542.75 ↓ -17%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,683.00 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,739.10 ↓ -6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,963.50 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,103.75 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,244.00 ↑ +21%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,639.65 ↑ +42%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $2,805.00 ↑ +51%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $2,805.00 ↑ +51%

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Brace afo spiral prefab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,580.09 $527.93 – $2,639.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,654.77 $697.20 – $2,265.90
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,782.13 $660.00 – $2,695.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $2,040.35 $475.14 – $2,805.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,546.87 $40.00 – $2,776.95
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,489.57 $496.98 – $2,259.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,715.80 $474.39 – $2,259.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,007.37 – $1,863.63

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