Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$35.19

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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.

$90.00

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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.

$19.45 with Aetna vs $139.05 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

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
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $19.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $23.37 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $27.81 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|HMO $28.90 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.90 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $38.93 ↑ +11%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $40.80 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.72 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $42.08 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $42.08 ↑ +20%
HPN Medicare|Senior $49.50 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $52.20 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $54.00 ↑ +53%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $55.63 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $55.80 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $65.70 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $67.50 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $70.48 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.48 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $72.00 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $81.90 ↑ +133%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↑ +156%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $139.05 ↑ +295%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $118.22 $27.81 – $301.75
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $118.26 $28.90 – $210.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $97.41 $46.20 – $68.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.87 $9.19 – $63.31
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $17.55 $3.11 – $12.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.21 $4.96 – $74.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.35 $15.50 – $70.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $26.06 $15.50 – $70.60

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