Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$32.97

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.

$99.00

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.

$25.74 with Blue Shield CA vs $286.30 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.74 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.70 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $38.61 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $55.39 ↑ +68%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $57.26 ↑ +74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $57.26 ↑ +74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $57.26 ↑ +74%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $57.26 ↑ +74%
HPN Medicare|Senior $58.41 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $58.41 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $62.37 ↑ +89%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.34 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $77.29 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|HMO $77.29 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.20 ↑ +140%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $80.74 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $80.74 ↑ +145%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $81.18 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $83.16 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $83.16 ↑ +152%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $84.15 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $85.89 ↑ +161%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $86.63 ↑ +163%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $93.39 ↑ +183%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $93.39 ↑ +183%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $99.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $99.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $99.00 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +200%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $109.50 ↑ +232%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $125.60 ↑ +281%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $184.77 ↑ +460%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $184.77 ↑ +460%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $286.30 ↑ +768%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $38.71 $19.80 – $286.30
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.37 $26.73 – $170.91
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.17 $12.88 – $94.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $68.85 $63.12 – $514.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $49.50 – $165.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $66.60 $53.59 – $97.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $26.73 – $195.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $68.85 $64.41 – $650.00

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