Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$429.71

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,099.00

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.

$42.56 with LA Care vs $212.80 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

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
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $42.56 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $59.58 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $62.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $63.84 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $64.39 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $64.39 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicare|Senior $77.55 ↓ -82%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $81.78 ↓ -81%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $84.60 ↓ -80%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $85.12 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $87.42 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $98.70 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $105.58 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $105.75 ↓ -75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.80 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $131.94 ↓ -69%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $141.00 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $141.00 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $141.00 ↓ -67%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $141.00 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $212.80 ↓ -50%

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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $163.84 $42.34 – $212.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $139.73 $64.39 – $248.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $204.92 $70.22 – $285.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $212.29 $42.56 – $486.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $513.49 $42.56 – $643.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $153.67 $42.56 – $376.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $131.71 $42.56 – $153.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $130.29 $42.56 – $153.00

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