Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg 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

$1,208.59

Cash price

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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.

$3,091.00

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.

$151.70 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,091.00 with Redlands — 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

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 Commercial|All Other Plans $151.70 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $189.57 ↓ -84%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $429.30 ↓ -64%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $649.11 ↓ -46%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $680.02 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $741.84 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $760.72 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $772.75 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $808.15 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|HMO $808.15 ↓ -33%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $834.57 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $852.67 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $852.67 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $895.30 ↓ -26%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $929.41 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,390.95 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,390.95 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,847.74 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,847.74 ↑ +53%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,854.60 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,916.42 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,163.70 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,318.25 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,472.80 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $3,091.00 ↑ +156%

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Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $579.51 $228.40 – $571.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $573.26 $142.75 – $571.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,260.00 $138.43 – $2,800.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $376.93 $186.53 – $1,351.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,179.80 $576.81 – $2,895.20
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $430.18 $63.14 – $1,685.82
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $342.26 $214.12 – $1,685.82
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $452.16 $235.34 – $1,685.82

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