Brace afo spiral prefab 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

$1,580.09

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.

$4,745.00

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.

$527.93 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,639.65 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $527.93 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $527.93 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $527.93 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $527.93 ↓ -67%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $561.00 ↓ -64%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $617.10 ↓ -61%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $617.10 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $645.15 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $645.15 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $701.25 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $774.47 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $798.70 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $841.50 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $841.50 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $953.70 ↓ -40%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,055.86 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,065.90 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $1,150.05 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,206.15 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $1,206.15 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,234.20 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,234.20 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,290.30 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,318.35 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,318.35 ↓ -17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,346.40 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,458.60 ↓ -8%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,486.65 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,626.90 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,626.90 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $1,711.05 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,851.30 ↑ +17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,244.00 ↑ +42%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,300.10 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,384.25 ↑ +51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,639.65 ↑ +67%

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Brace afo spiral prefab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,855.30 $527.93 – $2,805.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,654.77 $697.20 – $2,265.90
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,782.13 $660.00 – $2,695.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $2,040.35 $475.14 – $2,805.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,546.87 $40.00 – $2,776.95
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,489.57 $496.98 – $2,259.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,715.80 $474.39 – $2,259.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,007.37 – $1,863.63

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