Blood typing patient serum at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$29.97
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.
$90.00
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.
$9.81 with Partnership Health Plan vs $128.30 with EPIC Health — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.83 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.83 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $14.30 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $15.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.50 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.61 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.61 | ↓ -35% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.62 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.45 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $32.45 | ↑ +8% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $32.45 | ↑ +8% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $34.65 | ↑ +16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $36.30 | ↑ +21% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.65 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $38.74 | ↑ +29% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $38.76 | ↑ +29% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.10 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $45.77 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $46.20 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $46.20 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $46.75 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.87 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $46.87 | ↑ +56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.05 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.90 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +152% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $79.75 | ↑ +166% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $107.25 | ↑ +258% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $128.30 | ↑ +328% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $35.19 | $9.81 – $107.25 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $71.28 | $3.27 – $99.91 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.30 | $9.81 – $51.94 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.59 | $9.81 – $53.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $28.89 | $9.37 – $53.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $21.18 | $23.18 – $140.37 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $34.40 | $9.81 – $272.65 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $38.70 | $6.84 – $88.00 |