ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$2,458.22

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.

$6,287.00

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.

$155.03 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,961.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $155.03 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $217.04 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $227.43 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $232.55 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $234.55 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $234.55 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $310.06 ↓ -87%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $583.30 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $775.15 ↓ -68%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $779.00 ↓ -68%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $856.90 ↓ -65%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $1,324.30 ↓ -46%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,519.05 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $2,095.73 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,266.81 ↓ -8%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $2,309.58 ↓ -6%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $2,309.58 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,480.66 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $2,523.43 ↑ +3%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $2,566.20 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,651.74 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,651.74 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,993.90 ↑ +22%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,993.90 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,207.75 ↑ +30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,421.60 ↑ +39%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3,763.76 ↑ +53%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $4,277.00 ↑ +74%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,277.00 ↑ +74%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,285.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|HMO $5,766.00 ↑ +135%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,081.00 ↑ +147%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,333.00 ↑ +158%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,969.00 ↑ +224%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,395.00 ↑ +242%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,961.00 ↑ +305%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $2,088.25 $155.03 – $3,497.30
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,060.79 $226.60 – $3,279.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,441.94 $122.62 – $2,525.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,458.42 $802.54 – $818.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,593.02 $155.03 – $3,316.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,886.78 $138.93 – $526.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,459.03 $155.03 – $3,392.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,521.69 $155.03 – $5,573.54

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