Whole blood for transfusion at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$1,042.80
Cash price 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.
$2,667.00
Gross charge 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.
$147.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $147.07 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $254.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $286.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $314.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $356.79 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $373.86 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $382.28 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $385.57 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $385.57 | ↓ -63% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $486.27 | ↓ -53% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $509.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $557.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,274.25 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,464.10 | ↑ +40% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,543.96 | ↑ +48% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,597.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,650.44 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,677.06 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,863.40 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,996.50 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,102.98 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,129.60 | ↑ +104% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $2,662.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,268.00 | ↑ +693% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,853.00 | ↑ +1516% |
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Whole blood for transfusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $694.64 | $254.85 – $6,210.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.73 | $90.45 – $571.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $873.71 | $254.85 – $1,639.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $864.29 | $254.85 – $1,618.71 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $306.00 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $511.27 | $254.85 – $1,232.46 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $229.50 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $640.30 | $183.12 – $747.74 |