Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$660.79

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.

$1,690.00

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.

$448.64 with SBMG vs $16,853.00 with United — 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
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $448.64 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $601.00 ↓ -9%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $611.03 ↓ -8%
HPN Medicare|Senior $929.50 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $935.00 ↑ +41%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $944.32 ↑ +43%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $980.20 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,014.00 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,047.80 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,064.70 ↑ +61%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,083.19 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,183.00 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,267.50 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,335.10 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,352.00 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $1,690.00 ↑ +156%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,507.00 ↑ +279%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,881.00 ↑ +336%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,989.00 ↑ +352%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,268.00 ↑ +1151%
United Commercial|HMO $16,853.00 ↑ +2450%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $633.04 $551.29 – $6,210.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $800.67 $449.01 – $1,297.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $811.86 $87.44 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,716.15 $593.00 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,691.03 $555.48 – $3,871.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,328.01 $515.85 – $1,954.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,548.80 $555.48 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $818.80 $555.48 – $1,765.60

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