Strep b dna amp probe at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$126.54
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.
$380.00
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.
$30.18 with Kaiser vs $167.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $43.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $43.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $43.42 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.77 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.78 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.17 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $50.10 | ↓ -60% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $50.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $50.88 | ↓ -60% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $59.65 | ↓ -53% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.04 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.13 | ↓ -49% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $68.43 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $98.53 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $98.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.66 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $100.66 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $105.21 | ↓ -17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $110.22 | ↓ -13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $133.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $136.94 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $140.28 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $140.28 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $141.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $143.03 | ↑ +13% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $167.00 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $167.00 | ↑ +32% |
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Strep b dna amp probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $115.74 | $30.52 – $296.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $144.67 | $24.68 – $119.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $58.43 | $30.52 – $85.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $132.50 | $24.68 – $131.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $50.46 | $17.50 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.92 | $17.50 – $100.84 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $78.80 | $4.00 – $32.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $59.69 | $7.35 – $35.00 |