Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$75.08

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.

$192.00

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.

$2.56 with Blue Shield CA vs $25.15 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 $2.56 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.36 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -93%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $5.29 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.77 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $5.77 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7.04 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.04 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $7.38 ↓ -90%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7.43 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.61 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.61 ↓ -90%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $7.68 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.94 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.98 ↓ -89%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $8.18 ↓ -89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.96 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.35 ↓ -88%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $9.38 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9.60 ↓ -87%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.07 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $11.05 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.65 ↓ -84%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $12.80 ↓ -83%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.81 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.81 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $25.15 ↓ -67%

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $50.62 $3.33 – $25.15
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $92.42 $4.81 – $15.01
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.41 $0.96 – $30.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $143.82 $4.71 – $39.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.04 $4.81 – $14.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $53.28 $4.81 – $78.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $70.56 $4.05 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.02 $4.81 – $25.60

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