Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$226.78

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.

$580.00

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.

$7.73 with BCBS - Anthem vs $150.00 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 Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -97%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $8.50 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.01 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $9.28 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.28 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.61 ↓ -94%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $13.14 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $13.22 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.63 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.63 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $15.07 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.09 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $17.80 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $21.38 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.15 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $29.58 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $45.05 ↓ -80%
HPN Medicare|Senior $47.85 ↓ -79%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $50.46 ↓ -78%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $52.20 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $53.94 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.90 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.51 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $65.25 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $69.60 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $79.17 ↓ -65%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $87.00 ↓ -62%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -34%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $202.80 $6.65 – $64.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.84 $1.55 – $38.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $276.42 $7.58 – $63.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $80.04 $7.73 – $23.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $337.00 $7.73 – $18.95
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $73.31 $6.48 – $23.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $120.58 $7.73 – $24.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $119.28 $7.73 – $24.49

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