Esophagoscop stent placement 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

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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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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.

$165.30 with LA Care vs $14,749.10 with Naphcare — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $165.30
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $165.30
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $165.30
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $165.30
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $233.07
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $233.07
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $242.50
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $247.95
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $250.08
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $330.60
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $826.50
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $1,162.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,846.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,148.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,092.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,659.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,168.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $4,417.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,540.00
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $5,527.50
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $5,543.28
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6,504.73
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,111.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7,563.64
United Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
First Health Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Patton Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,563.64
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $10,967.28
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $12,858.19
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $14,749.10
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|Senior not published by hospital
Redlands Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Esophagoscop stent placement at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino not published $165.30 – $14,749.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $338.33 $131.42 – $497.84
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $7,106.40 $165.30 – $25,598.17
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $5,755.05 $1,142.00 – $12,111.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $250.08 – $13,154.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $165.30 – $7,563.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $165.30 – $7,563.64

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