Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$25.31

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.

$76.00

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.

$14.62 with Kaiser vs $86.30 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $14.62 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.26 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $17.26 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $17.26 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.26 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.76 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.40 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|HMO $20.40 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.80 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $24.34 ↓ -4%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $24.34 ↓ -4%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $24.65 ↓ -3%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $24.65 ↓ -3%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $25.32 ↑ +0%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.11 ↑ +3%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $28.90 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $29.64 ↑ +17%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $33.15 ↑ +31%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $34.51 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $44.84 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $44.84 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $47.88 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.76 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.76 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50.16 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.80 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $62.32 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $63.84 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $63.84 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $64.60 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $68.38 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $76.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $76.00 ↑ +200%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $86.30 ↑ +241%

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $29.72 $15.20 – $86.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $26.92 $3.40 – $41.71
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $32.68 $15.53 – $86.30
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $24.78 $15.20 – $76.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $16.66 – $136.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $17.00 – $173.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $17.00 – $196.27
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $17.00 – $78.29

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