Tilt table study 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

$1,197.14

Cash price

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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.

$3,595.00

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.

$407.16 with Care 1st vs $6,367.00 with United — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $407.16 ↓ -66%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $454.14 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $469.80 ↓ -61%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $561.45 ↓ -53%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $563.06 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $579.79 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $923.94 ↓ -23%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $977.56 ↓ -18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $986.58 ↓ -18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,033.56 ↓ -14%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $1,146.11 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,252.80 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,284.12 ↑ +7%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,314.65 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,331.10 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,633.00 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,860.00 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,025.00 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,210.00 ↑ +419%
United Commercial|HMO $6,367.00 ↑ +432%

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Tilt table study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $632.64 $349.65 – $8,268.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,588.63 $674.18 – $2,829.06
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,659.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,659.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,622.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,622.40 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $4,659.20 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $4,659.20 not published

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