Protein analysis w/probe at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$117.55
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.
$353.00
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.
$30.08 with Partnership Health Plan vs $353.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.41 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.41 | ↓ -64% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.51 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.16 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $75.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $92.70 | ↓ -21% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $102.37 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $105.90 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $109.51 | ↓ -7% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.40 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $208.27 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $208.27 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $222.39 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $232.98 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $282.40 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $289.46 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $296.52 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $296.52 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $300.05 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $353.00 | ↑ +200% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein analysis w/probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $139.98 | $30.08 – $358.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $24.03 | $28.38 – $91.27 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $148.35 | $12.50 – $345.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $116.39 | $30.08 – $285.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $52.44 – $179.71 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $52.44 – $227.11 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $52.44 – $257.54 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $91.14 – $102.74 |