Culture screening strep group a 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

$85.92

Cash price

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$258.00

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.

$5.18 with Blue Shield CA vs $40.75 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 $5.18 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.70 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.97 ↓ -93%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.76 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $7.96 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.96 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $8.15 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $8.15 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.15 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.15 ↓ -91%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -89%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -89%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $11.27 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.40 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $11.49 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11.74 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicare|Senior $11.74 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $11.96 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $12.54 ↓ -85%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $12.93 ↓ -85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.13 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.92 ↓ -81%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.29 ↓ -81%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $16.71 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $16.71 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.91 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $19.89 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $19.89 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.89 ↓ -77%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $40.75 ↓ -53%

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Culture screening strep group a at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $100.49 $3.98 – $40.75
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $175.20 $6.63 – $20.69
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.92 $1.33 – $13.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $149.43 $6.50 – $53.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $67.63 $6.63 – $18.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $147.86 $6.63 – $16.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $61.94 $5.13 – $20.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $56.03 $6.63 – $19.05

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