Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$121.22

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.

$364.00

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.

$8.14 with Kaiser vs $142.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $8.14 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $11.36 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.36 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $12.08 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.08 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.08 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $12.08 ↓ -90%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -89%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -89%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $16.10 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $17.03 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $17.03 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18.28 ↓ -85%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $18.47 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.16 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.18 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.18 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $38.53 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $42.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $45.52 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $55.38 ↓ -54%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $60.40 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $83.78 ↓ -31%
HPN Medicare|Senior $83.78 ↓ -31%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $89.46 ↓ -26%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $93.72 ↓ -23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.60 ↓ -6%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $116.44 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $119.28 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $119.28 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $120.70 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $142.00 ↑ +17%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $172.04 $9.47 – $440.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $265.87 $9.47 – $29.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $1.89 – $17.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $419.22 $9.28 – $77.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $261.51 $9.47 – $27.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $123.21 $9.47 – $181.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $239.52 $8.10 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $192.18 $9.47 – $96.00

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