Vital capacity test at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$51.95
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.
$156.00
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.
$6.39 with LA Care vs $337.96 with EPIC Health — 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 |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.99 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.28 | ↓ -73% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.86 | ↓ -71% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.98 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $30.44 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $43.48 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $43.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $45.24 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $46.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.65 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $70.02 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.76 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $92.04 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $98.28 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $102.96 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $124.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $127.92 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $132.60 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $149.76 | ↑ +188% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +200% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $159.96 | ↑ +208% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $160.41 | ↑ +209% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.97 | ↑ +229% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +283% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $226.20 | ↑ +335% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $304.20 | ↑ +486% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $337.96 | ↑ +551% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vital capacity test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $149.76 | $6.39 – $387.66 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $107.31 | $7.86 – $365.02 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $53.86 | $9.19 – $96.03 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $230.52 | $25.01 – $176.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $85.60 | $6.39 – $198.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $128.54 | $6.39 – $188.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $76.44 | $6.39 – $195.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $122.81 | $6.39 – $264.80 |