Str markers specimen anal 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

$240.86

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.

$616.00

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.

$60.50 with HPN vs $955.75 with Care 1st — 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
HPN Medicare|Senior $60.50 ↓ -75%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $63.80 ↓ -74%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $66.00 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.20 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.30 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $82.50 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.10 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $110.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $110.00 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $110.00 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -54%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -54%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $121.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $135.30 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $135.30 ↓ -44%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $187.00 ↓ -22%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $214.50 ↓ -11%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $280.42 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $668.57 ↑ +178%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $668.57 ↑ +178%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $955.75 ↑ +297%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $205.13 $33.00 – $955.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.18 $92.50 – $600.55
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.52 $49.95 – $705.99
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $431.79 $86.72 – $166.76
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $127.60 $156.87 – $234.12
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $264.88 $27.50 – $955.75
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $200.82 $27.50 – $519.80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $64.15 $25.76 – $516.16

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