Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$17.25

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.

$44.11

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.

$8.83 with Blue Shield CA vs $104.95 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 $8.83 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -5%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $18.10 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $19.74 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.74 ↑ +14%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $20.99 ↑ +22%
HPN Medicare|Senior $24.27 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $25.59 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $26.47 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.35 ↑ +59%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $27.96 ↑ +62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.39 ↑ +70%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $30.79 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $30.88 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $31.76 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $31.76 ↑ +84%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $32.08 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32.21 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $33.09 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $33.18 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.29 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $37.84 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.15 ↑ +133%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $41.97 ↑ +143%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $44.11 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $44.11 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $44.11 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.17 ↑ +173%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.17 ↑ +173%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $104.95 ↑ +508%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $14.69 $11.47 – $104.95
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $3.29 – $24.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.88 $16.45 – $43.23
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.30 $11.91 – $49.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.37 $7.81 – $47.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.19 $7.81 – $47.26
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.19 $1.57 – $12.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.97 $3.29 – $15.62

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