Tissue culture tumor 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

$75.46

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.

$226.60

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.

$48.51 with Kaiser vs $940.40 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.

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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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $48.51 ↓ -36%
HPN Medicare|Senior $95.41 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $95.41 ↑ +26%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $101.88 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $106.73 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $126.87 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $129.36 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $132.60 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $135.83 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $135.83 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $137.45 ↑ +82%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
United Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $147.52 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|HMO $161.70 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $161.70 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $161.70 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $161.70 ↑ +114%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $161.70 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $161.70 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $161.70 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $161.70 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $198.90 ↑ +164%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $213.90 ↑ +183%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $213.90 ↑ +183%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $250.78 ↑ +232%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $275.91 ↑ +266%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $287.66 ↑ +281%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $423.16 ↑ +461%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $423.16 ↑ +461%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $940.40 ↑ +1146%

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Tissue culture tumor at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $88.61 $88.94 – $940.40
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $258.72 $137.00 – $137.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $258.72 $137.00 – $137.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $258.72 $137.00 – $137.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $258.72 $137.00 – $137.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $258.72 $137.00 – $137.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $69.21 $80.85 – $380.11
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $63.39 $43.66 – $446.85

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