Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$27.37
Cash price 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.
$70.00
Gross charge 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.
$4.10 with Blue Shield CA vs $46.35 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.10 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $8.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.68 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.68 | ↓ -65% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $11.27 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $11.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12.71 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.98 | ↓ -53% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.72 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.02 | ↓ -49% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $15.37 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $15.41 | ↓ -44% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $15.74 | ↓ -42% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $18.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.53 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18.65 | ↓ -32% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $20.49 | ↓ -25% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $20.49 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.35 | ↑ +69% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $23.31 | $5.33 – $46.35 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $59.24 | $1.61 – $20.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.21 | $8.07 – $21.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.43 | $5.81 – $24.47 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $311.74 | $8.07 – $68.60 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $10.71 | $8.07 – $17.88 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $41.23 | $8.07 – $67.15 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $30.10 | $5.13 – $46.35 |