Cytopath c/v manual 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

$12.13

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.

$31.00

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.

$16.50 with Kaiser vs $82.50 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.50 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicare|Senior $17.05 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.25 ↑ +42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.18 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|HMO $18.18 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↑ +50%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $18.60 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.22 ↑ +58%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $20.01 ↑ +65%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.70 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $22.63 ↑ +87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.10 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $23.25 ↑ +92%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $24.21 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $24.29 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +104%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $24.97 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $24.97 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.21 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $29.19 ↑ +141%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $30.92 ↑ +155%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.00 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $31.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $31.00 ↑ +156%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $35.47 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.67 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $45.67 ↑ +277%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $82.50 ↑ +580%

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Cytopath c/v manual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $9.33 $8.40 – $82.50
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $12.90 $7.25 – $82.50
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $16.30 $12.50 – $50.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $18.17 – $42.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $18.54 – $53.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $18.54 – $60.49
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $18.54 – $42.33
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $60.63 – $60.63

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