Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$181.49

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.

$545.00

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.

$38.65 with IHCG vs $437.35 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
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $38.65 ↓ -79%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $38.76 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $42.89 ↓ -76%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -73%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $66.41 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.70 ↓ -62%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -60%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $84.78 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $87.47 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $87.47 ↓ -52%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $87.47 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $87.47 ↓ -52%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $97.25 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $123.33 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $123.33 ↓ -32%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $128.32 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $131.75 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $132.34 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $135.11 ↓ -26%
HPN Medicare|Senior $135.11 ↓ -26%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $144.27 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $151.14 ↓ -17%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $174.94 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $183.20 ↑ +1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $187.78 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $192.36 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $192.36 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $194.65 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $229.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $229.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $229.00 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $241.21 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $241.21 ↑ +33%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $437.35 ↑ +141%

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $213.10 $40.61 – $437.35
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $38.88 – $223.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $240.72 $50.33 – $319.03
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $256.33 $40.61 – $216.67
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $83.92 $32.60 – $123.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.77 $32.62 – $254.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $55.65 $40.61 – $241.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55.05 $40.61 – $241.65

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