Protein analysis w/probe 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

$139.98

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.

$358.00

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.

$30.08 with Partnership Health Plan vs $358.00 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 $30.08 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $30.08 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $30.08 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $30.08 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.08 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $30.08 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $31.46 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $31.46 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $42.11 ↓ -70%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $45.51 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $45.51 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $47.16 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $52.30 ↓ -63%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $62.83 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $75.20 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.20 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $150.40 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicare|Senior $196.90 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $207.64 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $214.80 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $215.49 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $221.96 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $250.60 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $268.50 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $269.45 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $286.40 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $358.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $358.00 ↑ +156%

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Protein analysis w/probe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $117.55 $30.08 – $300.05
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $24.03 $28.38 – $91.27
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $148.35 $12.50 – $345.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $116.39 $30.08 – $285.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $52.44 – $179.71
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $52.44 – $227.11
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $52.44 – $257.54
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $91.14 – $102.74

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