Tilt table study 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

$632.64

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.

$1,618.00

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.

$349.65 with Care 1st vs $16,853.00 with United — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $349.65 ↓ -45%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $561.45 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
United Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicare|Senior $712.25 ↑ +13%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $741.60 ↑ +17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $751.10 ↑ +19%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $777.00 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $802.90 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $906.50 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $971.25 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,036.00 ↑ +64%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $1,146.11 ↑ +81%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $1,295.00 ↑ +105%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,314.65 ↑ +108%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,507.00 ↑ +296%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,881.00 ↑ +355%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,989.00 ↑ +372%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,268.00 ↑ +1207%
United Commercial|HMO $16,853.00 ↑ +2564%

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Tilt table study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,197.14 $407.16 – $6,210.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,588.63 $674.18 – $2,829.06
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,659.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,659.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,622.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,622.40 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $4,659.20 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $4,659.20 not published

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