Autologous blood op salvage 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

$644.03

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.

$1,934.00

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.

$292.76 with Aetna vs $2,024.00 with Naphcare — 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
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $292.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $345.86 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $406.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $406.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $438.40 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $502.84 ↓ -22%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $560.86 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $580.20 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $626.20 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $626.20 ↓ -3%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $726.31 ↑ +13%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $728.39 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $754.26 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $787.38 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $787.38 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $892.64 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,008.46 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +61%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,141.06 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,218.42 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,276.44 ↑ +98%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $1,505.03 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,547.20 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,585.88 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,643.90 ↑ +155%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $1,764.52 ↑ +174%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $2,024.00 ↑ +214%

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Autologous blood op salvage at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $741.34 $165.16 – $2,024.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $895.28 $310.40 – $1,949.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,303.50 $364.69 – $5,274.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,109.75 $428.72 – $5,274.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,253.51 $441.75 – $6,285.30
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,697.40 $706.39 – $3,512.83
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $863.01 $298.06 – $2,007.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $720.14 $315.65 – $1,767.20

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