Cytopath c/v manual at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$9.33
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.
$28.00
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.
$8.40 with Kaiser vs $82.50 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8.40 | ↓ -10% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $15.12 | ↑ +62% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.12 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.64 | ↑ +68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16.52 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $16.52 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.25 | ↑ +85% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $17.64 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.18 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.18 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.48 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $22.40 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22.96 | ↑ +146% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.26 | ↑ +149% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.26 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $23.52 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $23.52 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $23.80 | ↑ +155% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.21 | ↑ +159% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.97 | ↑ +168% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $26.38 | ↑ +183% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $26.38 | ↑ +183% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $28.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $28.00 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $28.00 | ↑ +200% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $30.92 | ↑ +231% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $35.47 | ↑ +280% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.67 | ↑ +389% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $45.67 | ↑ +389% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.50 | ↑ +784% |
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Cytopath c/v manual at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $12.13 | $16.50 – $82.50 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $12.90 | $7.25 – $82.50 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $16.30 | $12.50 – $50.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $18.17 – $42.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $18.54 – $53.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $18.54 – $60.49 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $18.54 – $42.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $60.63 – $60.63 |