Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$56.71

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.

$170.28

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.

$20.83 with Blue Shield CA vs $115.25 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 $20.83 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.03 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $30.18 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $31.24 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $32.50 ↓ -43%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $32.50 ↓ -43%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $33.81 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.58 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $34.87 ↓ -39%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↓ -26%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.10 ↓ -19%
HPN Medicare|Senior $47.25 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $47.25 ↓ -17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $50.46 ↓ -11%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $50.88 ↓ -10%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $50.88 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.86 ↓ -7%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $59.65 ↑ +5%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64.07 ↑ +13%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $65.67 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $67.27 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $67.27 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $68.07 ↑ +20%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $68.43 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $80.08 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $80.08 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.08 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.66 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.66 ↑ +77%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $115.25 ↑ +103%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $66.58 $16.02 – $115.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.40 $21.63 – $93.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $224.91 $34.39 – $336.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $23.05 – $107.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $23.05 – $119.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.18 $23.05 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.50 $23.05 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $204.51 $35.09 – $425.53

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