Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$74.29

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.

$190.00

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.

$13.75 with HPN vs $253.13 with Cigna — 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
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.75 ↓ -81%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.50 ↓ -80%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $15.00 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18.25 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18.75 ↓ -75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22.75 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $25.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $25.00 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $25.00 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -66%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -66%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $27.50 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.75 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.75 ↓ -59%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $48.75 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.89 ↓ -9%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $69.08 ↓ -7%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $115.41 ↑ +55%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $235.45 ↑ +217%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $253.13 ↑ +241%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $253.13 ↑ +241%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $88.92 $7.25 – $253.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $97.24 $13.77 – $234.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $231.03 $24.29 – $98.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.93 $28.50 – $227.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.52 $18.89 – $71.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.59 $15.39 – $267.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.72 $25.00 – $253.59
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.22 $25.00 – $253.59

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