Smear nasal eosinophil at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$4.00
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.
$12.00
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.
$2.14 with Blue Shield CA vs $33.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.14 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2.47 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.21 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $4.86 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4.86 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.98 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $5.19 | ↑ +30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5.44 | ↑ +36% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.79 | ↑ +45% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6.59 | ↑ +65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.64 | ↑ +66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.64 | ↑ +66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.64 | ↑ +66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.64 | ↑ +66% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6.75 | ↑ +69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $6.92 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $6.92 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.95 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.95 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $7.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $8.23 | ↑ +106% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $8.40 | ↑ +110% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $8.40 | ↑ +110% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.74 | ↑ +144% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.84 | ↑ +146% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.05 | ↑ +151% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $11.29 | ↑ +182% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.59 | ↑ +315% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $16.59 | ↑ +315% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.20 | ↑ +730% |
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Smear nasal eosinophil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $4.70 | $1.65 – $33.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $42.05 | $5.79 – $74.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $94.35 | $5.67 – $38.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $89.03 | $5.79 – $16.66 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $45.29 | $5.79 – $66.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $81.54 | $4.59 – $17.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $40.81 | $5.79 – $32.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $40.37 | $5.79 – $32.39 |