Brace tlso flex cust 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

$381.23

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.

$975.00

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.

$139.55 with Kaiser vs $975.00 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 $139.55 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $139.55 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $139.55 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $139.55 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $139.55 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $139.55 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $195.37 ↓ -49%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $204.72 ↓ -46%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $204.75 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $209.33 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $211.13 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $211.13 ↓ -45%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $214.50 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $279.10 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $292.50 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $292.50 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $351.00 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $399.75 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $399.75 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $409.50 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $419.25 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $429.00 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $429.00 ↑ +13%
HPN Medicare|Senior $429.00 ↑ +13%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $438.75 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $468.00 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $487.50 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $497.25 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|HMO $536.25 ↑ +41%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $585.00 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $604.50 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $682.50 ↑ +79%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $697.75 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $731.25 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $780.00 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $975.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $975.00 ↑ +156%

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Brace tlso flex cust at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $324.68 $139.55 – $799.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $339.89 $186.24 – $605.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $320.92 $127.50 – $459.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $317.46 $127.50 – $494.70
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $203.45 $119.34 – $459.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $571.83 $176.40 – $720.30
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $178.19 $53.82 – $224.64
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $228.60 $139.55 – $508.00

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