Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$122.55
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.
$368.00
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.
$23.88 with LA Care vs $424.57 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.67 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.67 | ↓ -73% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.03 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.82 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.13 | ↓ -71% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $85.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $88.40 | ↓ -28% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $98.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $101.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $102.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $118.14 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.14 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.60 | ↑ +8% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $132.73 | ↑ +8% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $133.11 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $175.35 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $187.25 | ↑ +53% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $200.60 | ↑ +64% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $214.20 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $224.40 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $250.46 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $250.46 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $272.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $278.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $289.00 | ↑ +136% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $315.71 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $340.00 | ↑ +177% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $370.14 | ↑ +202% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $424.57 | ↑ +246% |
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Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $143.89 | $23.88 – $424.57 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $280.26 | $27.47 – $392.85 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $141.57 | $23.88 – $324.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $249.66 | $23.88 – $360.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $129.66 | $23.88 – $324.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $74.20 | $23.39 – $200.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $73.40 | $23.39 – $200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $114.20 | $20.00 – $160.00 |