Drug assay caffeine 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

$13.85

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.

$35.42

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.

$7.09 with Blue Shield CA vs $110.63 with Cigna — 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 $7.09 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.05 ↓ -13%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↑ +11%
HPN Medicare|Senior $19.49 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $20.55 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $21.26 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.56 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.97 ↑ +59%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $22.59 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.10 ↑ +67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.30 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.30 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.86 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $26.57 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.34 ↑ +105%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.80 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $31.54 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $32.24 ↑ +133%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $35.42 ↑ +156%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|HMO $35.42 ↑ +156%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +156%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $38.97 ↑ +181%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $60.22 ↑ +335%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $69.07 ↑ +399%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +456%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $110.63 ↑ +699%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.63 ↑ +699%

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Drug assay caffeine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $11.80 $9.21 – $110.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.53 $7.71 – $27.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.15 $15.40 – $110.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13.00 $15.40 – $110.83
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $20.23 $3.55 – $28.34
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10.42 $7.44 – $35.42
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.56 $15.40 – $35.42
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $18.25 $10.28 – $35.42

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