Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$74.60

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.

$224.00

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.

$3.67 with Kaiser vs $69.00 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.

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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 Medicaid|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $5.12 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.35 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $5.35 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.35 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $5.35 ↓ -93%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $6.19 ↓ -92%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $6.19 ↓ -92%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $7.26 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.54 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.54 ↓ -90%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $7.85 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.09 ↓ -89%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.27 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $17.41 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.94 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $20.57 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.70 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $26.75 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.91 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicare|Senior $40.71 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.71 ↓ -45%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $43.47 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.54 ↓ -39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.20 ↓ -26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $56.58 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $57.96 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $57.96 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $58.65 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $69.00 ↓ -8%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $89.93 $4.27 – $230.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $92.07 $0.85 – $62.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $4.27 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $4.27 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.58 $4.27 – $18.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.49 $4.27 – $18.27
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $160.14 $4.27 – $49.93
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $13.21 $2.32 – $18.50

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