Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$46.14

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.

$118.00

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.

$19.25 with HPN vs $207.40 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
HPN Medicare|Senior $19.25 ↓ -58%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $20.30 ↓ -56%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.50 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.55 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $26.25 ↓ -43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.85 ↓ -31%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $35.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $35.00 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↓ -24%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.00 ↓ -24%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -24%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.05 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.05 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↑ +8%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +8%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $60.85 ↑ +32%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $68.25 ↑ +48%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $84.78 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $123.08 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $123.08 ↑ +167%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $207.40 ↑ +350%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $30.31 $10.15 – $207.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $40.61 – $140.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $108.63 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $132.68 $24.03 – $110.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $34.03 $13.22 – $50.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.52 $12.98 – $129.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.64 $33.23 – $123.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.15 $33.23 – $123.30

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