Chromatography 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

$9.91

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.

$25.34

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.

$3.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $110.45 with Care 1st — 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 $3.60 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.12 ↓ -38%
HPN Medicare|Senior $9.90 ↓ -0%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $10.44 ↑ +5%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.16 ↑ +13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.14 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $13.50 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.38 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $18.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $18.00 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $18.00 ↑ +82%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $19.80 ↑ +100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.14 ↑ +123%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.14 ↑ +123%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↑ +209%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $32.41 ↑ +227%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $35.10 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.81 ↑ +423%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.81 ↑ +423%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $110.45 ↑ +1015%

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Chromatography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $8.44 $4.68 – $110.45
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11.10 $4.86 – $47.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $3.61 – $25.41
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4.75 $17.70 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.85 $9.00 – $46.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $9.75 – $18.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.94 $4.86 – $54.71
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.41 $7.98 – $51.90

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