Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$90.33

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.

$231.00

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.

$26.58 with SBMG vs $231.00 with Redlands — 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
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $26.58 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $29.60 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.60 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $29.63 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $34.23 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $43.47 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $44.45 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $44.82 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $44.82 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $50.74 ↓ -44%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $52.90 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $53.57 ↓ -41%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $59.27 ↓ -34%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $60.68 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.45 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $64.35 ↓ -29%
HPN Medicare|Senior $127.05 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $133.98 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $138.60 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $141.97 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $141.97 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $143.22 ↑ +59%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $148.15 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $161.70 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $173.25 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $184.80 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $231.00 ↑ +156%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $75.60 $29.60 – $192.95
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $38.98 – $45.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.69 $11.65 – $44.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $36.73 $24.00 – $142.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.34 $24.00 – $142.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $105.06 $41.07 – $53.48
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $185.13 $37.20 – $60.64
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $45.92 $8.05 – $64.34

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