Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$18.65
Cash price 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.
$56.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.61 with LA Care vs $52.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.68 | ↓ -80% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.83 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.12 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.33 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.33 | ↓ -39% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.05 | ↓ -30% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $13.69 | ↓ -27% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $13.69 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $14.56 | ↓ -22% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16.05 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $18.41 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.84 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $22.96 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $27.10 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.10 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $32.80 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $32.80 | ↑ +76% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $33.04 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $35.28 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $36.96 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $38.47 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $45.45 | ↑ +144% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.92 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $47.60 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $52.82 | ↑ +183% |
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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $22.68 | $2.61 – $58.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $22.34 | $3.95 – $39.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.18 | $1.64 – $4.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $159.12 | $9.25 – $19.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.92 | $2.61 – $24.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $55.95 | $2.61 – $19.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $60.37 | $2.61 – $28.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $13.11 | $2.61 – $27.14 |