Assay of tyrosine 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

$13.70

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.

$41.14

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.

$9.14 with Kaiser vs $66.35 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.14 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.70 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $12.76 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.76 ↓ -7%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $13.27 ↓ -3%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $13.27 ↓ -3%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $13.27 ↓ -3%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $13.27 ↓ -3%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $15.41 ↑ +12%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $15.41 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.05 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.10 ↑ +25%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $18.07 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $18.71 ↑ +37%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $18.71 ↑ +37%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $19.47 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $20.07 ↑ +46%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $20.73 ↑ +51%
HPN Medicare|Senior $24.28 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $24.28 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $25.92 ↑ +89%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.54 ↑ +94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.16 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.49 ↑ +123%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.49 ↑ +123%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.92 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.74 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $34.56 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $34.56 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $34.97 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.14 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $41.14 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $41.14 ↑ +200%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $66.35 ↑ +384%

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Assay of tyrosine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $16.09 $8.23 – $66.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $2.13 – $48.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.61 $5.15 – $27.39
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.40 $10.63 – $40.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $16.13 $2.79 – $32.20
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $32.01 $9.25 – $40.32
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $11.48 $5.76 – $41.14
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $17.70 $10.29 – $66.35

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