17-ketosteroids at St. Bernardine Medical Center

2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8.72

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.

$26.16

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.

$6.81 with Blue Shield CA vs $81.60 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 $6.81 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.85 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.21 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $11.01 ↑ +26%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.36 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|HMO $15.36 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.44 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $15.44 ↑ +77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +87%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +87%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +87%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $16.49 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.27 ↑ +98%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $18.56 ↑ +113%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $18.56 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21.46 ↑ +146%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $21.76 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $21.98 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $21.98 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $22.24 ↑ +155%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.01 ↑ +164%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.01 ↑ +164%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $23.94 ↑ +175%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.69 ↑ +183%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $24.96 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.59 ↑ +193%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.16 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.16 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $26.16 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $26.16 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.72 ↑ +321%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.72 ↑ +321%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +836%

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17-ketosteroids at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $10.23 $5.24 – $81.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.78 $2.56 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.20 $12.80 – $32.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.26 $7.07 – $38.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.85 $12.80 – $36.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.74 $12.80 – $36.78
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $16.70 $2.62 – $20.93
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.60 $5.50 – $26.16

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