Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$4.95

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.

$12.65

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.

$2.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $103.15 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 $2.20 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.74 ↓ -24%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6.05 ↑ +22%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6.38 ↑ +29%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $6.60 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.82 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.70 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.03 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $8.25 ↑ +67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.80 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.01 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $11.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $11.00 ↑ +122%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $11.00 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.00 ↑ +122%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +122%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $12.10 ↑ +144%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.53 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.53 ↑ +173%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $18.70 ↑ +278%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↑ +333%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $30.26 ↑ +511%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.42 ↑ +838%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.42 ↑ +838%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $103.15 ↑ +1984%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.55 $2.97 – $42.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $3.24 – $23.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $149.43 $15.86 – $132.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.08 $5.50 – $41.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.94 $5.96 – $11.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.61 $2.97 – $49.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.80 $5.50 – $46.51
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.71 $5.50 – $46.51

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