Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

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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.

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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.

$241.81 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,968.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $241.81
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $241.81
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $241.81
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $241.81
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $297.43
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $453.39
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $537.46
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $537.46
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $559.19
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $604.51
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $1,622.00
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,905.90
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,470.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,875.00
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $3,395.60
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $3,405.29
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,028.79
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,334.00
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
First Health Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
United Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,684.64
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Patton Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $6,191.00
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $6,792.73
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $7,963.89
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $9,135.05
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,968.00
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Redlands Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|Senior not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino not published $241.81 – $9,135.05
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,618.41 $297.43 – $7,390.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,447.07 $241.81 – $1,042.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $396.32 $241.81 – $1,011.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $483.05 $241.81 – $1,302.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $477.84 $241.81 – $1,302.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $732.03 $128.20 – $1,282.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $372.21 $241.81 – $1,266.00

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