Autologous blood process 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

$86.58

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.

$260.00

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.

$67.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $424.57 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $67.60 ↓ -22%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $75.40 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $78.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $101.40 ↑ +17%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $132.73 ↑ +53%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $133.11 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $153.40 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $153.40 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $163.80 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $171.60 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↑ +107%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $187.25 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $207.90 ↑ +140%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $208.00 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $213.20 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $218.40 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $218.40 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $221.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $245.61 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $260.00 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $287.86 ↑ +232%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $287.86 ↑ +232%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $315.71 ↑ +265%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $370.14 ↑ +328%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $424.57 ↑ +390%

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Autologous blood process at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $122.00 $62.40 – $424.57
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $264.12 $162.81 – $470.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $117.61 $154.00 – $288.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $116.34 $154.00 – $288.38
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $181.01 $31.70 – $253.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $93.79 $66.99 – $261.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $175.62 $98.89 – $320.54
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $182.70 $178.99 – $898.61

All California hospitals for this procedure →