#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at St. Bernardine Medical Center

2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$22.65

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.

$68.00

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.

$6.29 with Kaiser vs $42.50 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.29 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.84 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $8.77 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.77 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.22 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $9.22 ↓ -59%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $9.59 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -56%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $10.60 ↓ -53%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $10.60 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.05 ↓ -51%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $12.43 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -42%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $14.25 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.58 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $20.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.96 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.96 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $23.63 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $25.08 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $25.08 ↑ +11%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $26.78 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.05 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $34.85 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $35.70 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $35.70 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $36.13 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42.50 ↑ +88%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $26.59 $6.54 – $42.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $6.41 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $6.02 – $23.70
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.82 $6.21 – $24.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $15.45 $5.24 – $28.20
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $7.25 $3.64 – $25.95
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $220.18 $6.25 – $395.92

All California hospitals for this procedure →