Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution 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

$16.43

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.

$42.00

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.

$1.45 with Aetna vs $42.00 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
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1.45 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1.45 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.10 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $2.10 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.51 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.03 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.03 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.23 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.39 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.56 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.94 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.18 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $7.53 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.76 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.76 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.69 ↓ -47%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $8.82 ↓ -46%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $9.24 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $10.08 ↓ -39%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -38%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $11.34 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.90 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.90 ↑ +15%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↑ +53%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $25.65 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.04 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.40 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $31.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.60 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +156%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +156%

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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $18.32 $1.45 – $45.10
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.39 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.33 – $3.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $2.10 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $2.10 – $52.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $1.33 – $3.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $1.44 – $4.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $84.15 $2.54 – $8.80

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