Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$22.68

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.

$58.00

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.

$2.61 with Kaiser vs $58.00 with SBMG — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $2.61 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3.65 ↓ -84%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $3.83 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.95 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.95 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.22 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $10.38 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.33 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $11.33 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.60 ↓ -49%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $13.05 ↓ -42%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $16.05 ↓ -29%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $18.41 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $19.72 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $21.70 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.07 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $26.07 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.10 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.10 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.84 ↑ +27%
HPN Medicare|Senior $31.90 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $33.64 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $34.80 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.96 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.60 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $43.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.40 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $58.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $58.00 ↑ +156%

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $18.65 $2.61 – $45.92
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $22.34 $3.95 – $39.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $1.64 – $4.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $159.12 $9.25 – $19.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $65.92 $2.61 – $24.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.95 $2.61 – $19.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $60.37 $2.61 – $28.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.11 $2.61 – $27.14

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