Histamine 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

$9.78

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.

$25.00

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.

$4.83 with Blue Shield CA vs $188.25 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 $4.83 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.20 ↓ -16%
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.27 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13.99 ↑ +43%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $14.47 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.95 ↑ +53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.88 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.61 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18.09 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.29 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.95 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $24.11 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $24.11 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
United Commercial|HMO $24.11 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $24.11 ↑ +147%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.11 ↑ +147%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $26.53 ↑ +171%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.66 ↑ +203%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.66 ↑ +203%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $40.99 ↑ +319%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $47.02 ↑ +381%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $55.23 ↑ +465%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $84.69 ↑ +766%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $84.69 ↑ +766%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $188.25 ↑ +1825%

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Histamine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $8.33 $6.27 – $188.25
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.53 $5.91 – $43.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $69.87 $28.94 – $241.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.70 $12.06 – $76.07
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.65 $13.06 – $24.11
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.80 $6.51 – $89.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.23 $29.53 – $84.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.96 $29.53 – $84.84

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