Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$54.62

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.

$164.00

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.

$17.94 with Blue Shield CA vs $256.55 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.94 ↓ -67%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $20.01 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.70 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.91 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.71 ↓ -25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $40.71 ↓ -25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $43.47 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -19%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.54 ↓ -17%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↓ -6%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↓ -6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↓ -6%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↓ -6%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.20 ↑ +1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $56.58 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $57.96 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $57.96 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $58.65 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61.57 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $61.57 ↑ +13%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $69.00 ↑ +26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $69.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $69.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $69.00 ↑ +26%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $69.00 ↑ +26%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $74.40 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $75.27 ↑ +38%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $77.63 ↑ +42%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $87.23 ↑ +60%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $100.05 ↑ +83%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $256.55 ↑ +370%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $65.30 $13.80 – $256.55
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.80 $27.00 – $102.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $50.00 – $98.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.57 $51.31 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $27.00 – $98.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.30 $34.50 – $69.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $34.50 – $69.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $103.93 $6.90 – $55.20

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