Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 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

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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.

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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.

$145.57 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,808.00 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 $145.57
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $145.57
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $145.57
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $145.57
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $145.57
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $145.57
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $203.80
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $213.55
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $218.36
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $220.23
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $220.23
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $291.14
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $727.85
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,046.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,808.00
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|Senior not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Magellan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Redlands Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino not published $145.57 – $727.85
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $415.67 $220.23 – $740.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,108.10 $145.57 – $2,537.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,322.22 $145.57 – $2,537.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $462.27 $145.57 – $1,108.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $457.29 $145.57 – $1,233.54
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $519.80 $145.57 – $713.16
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $680.83 $145.57 – $576.18

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