Cell function assay w/stim 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

$55.06

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.

$140.80

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.

$28.16 with Blue Shield CA vs $389.71 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $28.16 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $47.88 ↓ -13%
HPN Medicare|Senior $77.44 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $81.67 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $84.48 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $87.30 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $98.56 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $102.79 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $105.60 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $128.13 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +147%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $140.80 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $140.80 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|HMO $140.80 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $140.80 ↑ +156%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $149.45 ↑ +171%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $230.96 ↑ +319%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $264.93 ↑ +381%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $389.71 ↑ +608%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $389.71 ↑ +608%

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Cell function assay w/stim at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $46.89 $36.61 – $389.71
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $90.45 $27.17 – $137.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $136.37 $12.87 – $350.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $53.85 $13.94 – $25.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $124.90 $6.95 – $411.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $145.00 $42.05 – $80.85
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $63.36 $64.77 – $1,216.56
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $39.29 $19.72 – $247.71

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