Unlisted procedure microbiology at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$778.09
Cash price 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.
$1,990.00
Gross charge 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.
$70.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $350.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $70.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $101.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $101.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $119.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $175.00 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $175.00 | ↓ -78% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $192.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $199.50 | ↓ -74% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $203.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $210.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $217.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $238.00 | ↓ -69% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $245.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $262.50 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $280.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $350.00 | ↓ -55% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $350.00 | ↓ -55% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Unlisted procedure microbiology at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $662.67 | $91.00 – $287.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $571.71 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $166.86 | $91.13 – $382.05 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $152.82 | $105.26 – $382.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $544.68 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $653.82 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $544.68 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $544.68 | not published |