Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$12.41

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.

$31.72

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.

$6.35 with Blue Shield CA vs $95.05 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 $6.35 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.79 ↓ -13%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +20%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $16.39 ↑ +32%
HPN Medicare|Senior $17.45 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.88 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|HMO $17.88 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $18.40 ↑ +48%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↑ +53%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $19.04 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.67 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.21 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.16 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $23.79 ↑ +92%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $25.33 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.38 ↑ +105%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.61 ↑ +114%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $27.89 ↑ +125%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.76 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.76 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.87 ↑ +133%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $29.05 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.94 ↑ +141%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $31.72 ↑ +156%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.72 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $31.72 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $31.72 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $31.72 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.76 ↑ +245%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $42.76 ↑ +245%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $95.05 ↑ +666%

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $10.57 $8.25 – $95.05
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.90 $8.57 – $39.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $2.98 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $14.60 – $120.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.13 $14.90 – $31.09
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.77 $14.90 – $42.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.65 $14.90 – $42.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.00 $14.90 – $151.75

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