Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with 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

$35.59

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.

$91.00

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.

$28.57 with HPN vs $185.20 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 $28.57 ↓ -20%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $30.13 ↓ -15%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $31.17 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $32.21 ↓ -9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.36 ↑ +2%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.04 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $37.92 ↑ +7%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $38.65 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $38.96 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.56 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $47.27 ↑ +33%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $51.86 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $51.94 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $51.94 ↑ +46%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.94 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $51.94 ↑ +46%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $51.94 ↑ +46%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $54.34 ↑ +53%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $54.86 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $56.04 ↑ +57%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $56.04 ↑ +57%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $84.78 ↑ +138%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $97.25 ↑ +173%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $117.12 ↑ +229%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $117.12 ↑ +229%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +420%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $71.27 $15.07 – $185.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.46 $40.61 – $120.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.50 $7.85 – $42.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $206.04 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.38 $22.63 – $105.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $37.21 $11.39 – $43.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.75 $12.23 – $123.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.78 $32.50 – $117.33

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