Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$13.11

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.

$39.35

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.

$10.24 with Blue Shield CA vs $83.75 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 $10.24 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.81 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -4%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $14.61 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.35 ↑ +17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +28%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +28%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.53 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|HMO $17.53 ↑ +34%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $21.18 ↑ +62%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $21.18 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.74 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $23.22 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $23.22 ↑ +77%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.62 ↑ +80%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.62 ↑ +80%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $24.57 ↑ +87%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +89%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $24.84 ↑ +89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $25.34 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.98 ↑ +98%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $28.49 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $31.48 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $32.27 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $33.06 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $33.06 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $33.45 ↑ +155%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $33.51 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $39.35 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $39.35 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $39.35 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.92 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.92 ↑ +220%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $83.75 ↑ +539%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $15.39 $7.87 – $83.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $67.20 $14.61 – $105.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $24.33 $14.61 – $35.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $61.55 $14.61 – $105.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $17.35 $12.39 – $48.38
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $176.16 $12.42 – $29.22
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $123.72 $14.61 – $222.46
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $16.93 $9.84 – $83.75

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