Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$66.58

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.

$170.28

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.

$16.02 with Blue Shield CA vs $115.25 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 $16.02 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $27.23 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.27 ↓ -52%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $33.81 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.58 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.87 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.87 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -47%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $38.60 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↓ -37%
HPN Medicare|Senior $44.05 ↓ -34%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.10 ↓ -31%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $46.45 ↓ -30%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $48.05 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.65 ↓ -25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $56.06 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.46 ↓ -12%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $59.65 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $60.06 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64.07 ↓ -4%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $68.43 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $72.88 ↑ +9%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $80.08 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $80.08 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $80.08 ↑ +20%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $80.08 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.66 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.66 ↑ +51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $115.25 ↑ +73%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $56.71 $20.83 – $115.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.40 $21.63 – $93.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $224.91 $34.39 – $336.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $23.05 – $107.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $23.05 – $119.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.18 $23.05 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.50 $23.05 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $204.51 $35.09 – $425.53

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