Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$50.29

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.

$151.00

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.

$7.34 with United vs $55.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $7.34 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.39 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.39 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $10.85 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $10.85 ↓ -78%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $12.00 ↓ -76%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -76%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -76%
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.20 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $13.35 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $13.35 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13.59 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.75 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $13.89 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.33 ↓ -72%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14.85 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -67%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.94 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.75 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.75 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $29.34 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.30 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $41.91 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $41.91 ↓ -17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -13%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.10 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $46.75 ↓ -7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $47.35 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $55.00 ↑ +9%

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $95.02 $7.34 – $64.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.37 $7.34 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $100.58 $7.34 – $70.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.46 $42.52 – $161.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.12 $7.34 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.25 $4.45 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.87 $7.34 – $23.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $10.02 – $23.25

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