Assay of procainamide w/metab 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

$8.66

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.

$26.00

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.

$6.76 with Blue Shield CA vs $106.80 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 $6.76 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.80 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.14 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $14.40 ↑ +66%
HPN Medicare|Senior $15.34 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.34 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $16.38 ↑ +89%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.16 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.10 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|HMO $20.10 ↑ +132%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21.32 ↑ +146%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.36 ↑ +147%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $21.36 ↑ +147%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $21.36 ↑ +147%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.36 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $21.84 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $21.84 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $22.10 ↑ +155%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $24.29 ↑ +180%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $24.29 ↑ +180%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $26.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $26.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.00 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $26.00 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $26.00 ↑ +200%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $28.48 ↑ +229%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $31.34 ↑ +262%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $31.98 ↑ +269%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $32.66 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.06 ↑ +455%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.06 ↑ +455%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $106.80 ↑ +1133%

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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $10.17 $5.20 – $106.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.89 $3.35 – $24.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.90 $16.75 – $41.05
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $163.78 $16.75 – $587.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $11.18 $6.50 – $106.80
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $8.48 $5.20 – $37.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $16.42 – $136.29
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $16.75 – $172.24

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