Amino acids quant 2-5 at Community Hospital San Bernardino

1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$35.62

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.

$91.08

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.

$18.22 with Blue Shield CA vs $112.55 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.22 ↓ -49%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -45%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $21.57 ↓ -39%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.51 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $23.53 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.53 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $30.97 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $31.51 ↓ -12%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $33.02 ↓ -7%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $33.34 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.02 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.06 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.06 ↓ -4%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $38.24 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $38.79 ↑ +9%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $45.01 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $46.60 ↑ +31%
HPN Medicare|Senior $50.10 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $52.83 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $54.65 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.27 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $56.27 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56.47 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.76 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $66.49 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $68.31 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $72.87 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $82.89 ↑ +133%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $91.08 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $91.08 ↑ +156%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $112.55 ↑ +216%

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $30.33 $16.86 – $112.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $63.61 $19.61 – $89.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.26 $19.61 – $89.26
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $170.43 $15.69 – $214.67
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $39.17 $19.61 – $112.55
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $29.70 $18.22 – $85.20
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $111.06 $15.69 – $214.67
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $127.93 $15.69 – $214.67

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