Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$392.61

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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.

$1,179.00

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.

$53.08 with Partnership Health Plan vs $303.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $53.08 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $53.08 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $58.00 ↓ -85%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $60.60 ↓ -85%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $60.64 ↓ -85%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $60.81 ↓ -85%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $66.66 ↓ -83%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $66.66 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicare|Senior $72.72 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $74.84 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $74.84 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $75.75 ↓ -81%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $77.87 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $80.31 ↓ -80%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $81.81 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.58 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $87.58 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $90.90 ↓ -77%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $97.79 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $106.16 ↓ -73%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $114.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $114.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $114.97 ↓ -71%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $131.51 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $136.35 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $136.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $148.47 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $199.98 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $212.10 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $212.10 ↓ -46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $242.40 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $248.46 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $257.55 ↓ -34%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $265.40 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $303.00 ↓ -23%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $742.51 $53.08 – $488.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $282.51 $34.27 – $98.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $920.20 $52.45 – $540.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $842.80 $52.45 – $540.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $166.21 $40.80 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.80 $40.80 – $100.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.72 $53.08 – $120.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.72 $53.08 – $143.22

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