Ampho b cholesteryl sulfate 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

$828.92

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.

$2,120.00

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.

$33.48 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,120.00 with SBMG — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $33.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $34.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $34.67 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.69 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $37.39 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $38.24 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $38.56 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $38.56 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.84 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.98 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $116.89 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $116.89 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $127.45 ↓ -85%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $445.20 ↓ -46%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $466.40 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $508.80 ↓ -39%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $572.40 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $954.00 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $954.00 ↑ +15%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,272.00 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,314.40 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,484.00 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,590.00 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,696.00 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $2,120.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $2,120.00 ↑ +156%

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Ampho b cholesteryl sulfate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $438.23 $28.40 – $1,118.60
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $864.00 $25.49 – $1,632.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $258.64 $25.49 – $927.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $809.14 $25.49 – $1,985.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $20.79 – $152.31
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $22.50 – $152.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $26.84 – $152.31
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $26.56 – $53.00

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