Heparin assay 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

$57.09

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.

$146.00

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.

$9.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $82.25 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 $9.00 ↓ -84%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.09 ↓ -77%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.30 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.71 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $15.71 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.45 ↓ -71%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $22.25 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.03 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -58%
HPN Medicare|Senior $24.75 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $24.88 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $24.88 ↓ -56%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $25.53 ↓ -55%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $26.10 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.19 ↓ -54%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.90 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $30.12 ↓ -47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32.85 ↓ -42%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.91 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $33.75 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $36.18 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.55 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.55 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.95 ↓ -28%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↓ -21%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $82.25 ↑ +44%

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Heparin assay at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $125.55 $11.26 – $82.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.55 $13.09 – $48.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $38.74 $2.62 – $40.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $316.71 $12.83 – $90.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $59.58 $13.09 – $44.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $117.89 $13.09 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $54.57 $12.15 – $44.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $128.74 $11.50 – $37.62

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