Encephalitis, california igg/igm 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

$6.78

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.

$17.34

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.

$3.47 with Blue Shield CA vs $84.05 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 $3.47 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.90 ↓ -13%
HPN Medicare|Senior $9.54 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $10.06 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $10.41 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.76 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.14 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.66 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $13.01 ↑ +92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.19 ↑ +95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.88 ↑ +105%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $14.51 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.78 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.83 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $15.83 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.81 ↑ +148%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $17.34 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $17.34 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $17.34 ↑ +156%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.34 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.34 ↑ +156%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.34 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $17.34 ↑ +156%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.33 ↑ +215%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.33 ↑ +215%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $22.42 ↑ +231%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $24.66 ↑ +264%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $25.72 ↑ +279%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.82 ↑ +458%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.82 ↑ +458%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $84.05 ↑ +1140%

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Encephalitis, california igg/igm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $5.78 $4.51 – $84.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.92 $2.64 – $19.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.79 $12.93 – $107.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.43 $8.67 – $33.97
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.80 $4.69 – $39.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.81 $8.24 – $37.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25.53 $8.24 – $37.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $43.79 $13.19 – $136.06

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