Bone tendon board add on 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

$4,518.81

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.

$13,570.00

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.

$146.54 with BCBS - Anthem vs $11,534.50 with Blue Shield CA — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $146.54 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $209.34 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $209.34 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $336.92 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,714.00 ↓ -40%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $2,714.00 ↓ -40%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $2,985.40 ↓ -34%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $2,985.40 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $3,121.10 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $3,121.10 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,392.50 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,071.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,613.80 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $5,156.60 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,970.80 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,970.80 ↑ +32%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6,106.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $6,242.20 ↑ +38%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,377.90 ↑ +41%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6,377.90 ↑ +41%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $6,513.60 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,513.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,056.40 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,192.10 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,870.60 ↑ +74%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,870.60 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|HMO $8,277.70 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,956.20 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,856.00 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11,127.40 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $11,534.50 ↑ +155%

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Bone tendon board add on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $5,305.87 $172.78 – $13,570.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,529.45 $408.31 – $18,265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $171.28 – $19,686.15
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,176.86 $307.92 – $14,207.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,180.77 $123.17 – $7,793.28
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,096.30 $157.67 – $9,950.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $6,935.67 $193.45 – $12,471.48
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $7,830.01 $27.50 – $11,577.93

All California hospitals for this procedure →