Limited autopsy 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

$247.90

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.

$634.00

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.

$126.46 with United vs $634.00 with SBMG — 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $126.46 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $126.46 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $171.13 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $205.59 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $303.75 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $303.75 ↑ +23%
HPN Medicare|Senior $348.70 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $367.72 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $380.40 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $393.08 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $443.80 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $475.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $507.20 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $634.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $634.00 ↑ +156%

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Limited autopsy at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $207.46 $126.46 – $529.55
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $903.66 $278.77 – $1,138.28
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $75.66 $39.00 – $210.07
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $262.73 $38.00 – $611.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $205.06 $126.46 – $503.20
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $588.89 $126.46 – $1,138.28
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $678.33 $650.45 – $1,138.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $207.16 – $519.38

All California hospitals for this procedure →