Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$191.99

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.

$491.00

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.

$17.40 with Blue Shield CA vs $370.14 with Epic Health — 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 $17.40 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $23.49 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $29.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $41.28 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicare|Senior $47.85 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $49.60 ↓ -74%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $50.46 ↓ -74%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $52.20 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $53.94 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.51 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $65.25 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $69.60 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $75.11 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $79.17 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $87.00 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -55%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $95.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $101.23 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $101.23 ↓ -47%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $169.65 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +13%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $370.14 ↑ +93%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $160.51 $22.62 – $169.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $126.59 $9.45 – $93.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $252.58 $34.27 – $354.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $446.25 $125.33 – $293.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $396.33 $90.93 – $672.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $341.00 $132.46 – $501.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $363.00 $106.90 – $672.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $89.04 $96.29 – $217.73

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