Macroscopic exam arthropod 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

$25.42

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.

$65.00

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.

$3.80 with Partnership Health Plan vs $65.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $3.80 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -83%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $4.70 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $5.12 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.32 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.70 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.74 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.74 ↓ -77%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $7.26 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.40 ↓ -71%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.60 ↓ -70%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $9.82 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $11.80 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.27 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.27 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.58 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $20.35 ↓ -20%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -16%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $22.20 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.94 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.90 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $27.01 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $27.75 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $29.60 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.67 ↑ +32%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $37.00 ↑ +46%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +156%

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Macroscopic exam arthropod at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $63.94 $3.67 – $27.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.96 $3.41 – $75.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.12 $3.80 – $10.47
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.19 $3.41 – $75.46
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $59.91 $3.80 – $75.46
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $50.78 $3.80 – $182.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $76.85 $3.80 – $28.52
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $63.54 $3.42 – $103.49

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