Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$35.64
Cash price 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.
$107.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.13 with Molina vs $82.45 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.13 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.34 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.51 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.94 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $9.01 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.15 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.58 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $18.14 | ↓ -49% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.20 | ↓ -49% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $19.40 | ↓ -46% |
| PrimeCare | Medicare|All Plans | $21.34 | ↓ -40% |
| PrimeCare | Commercial|All Plans | $21.34 | ↓ -40% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $23.28 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $25.92 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $25.92 | ↓ -27% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $26.19 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $29.10 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $41.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $43.65 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.65 | ↑ +22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $64.02 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $77.60 | ↑ +118% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $79.54 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $82.45 | ↑ +131% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $21.51 | $5.10 – $54.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $5.51 – $53.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $7.28 – $13.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $5.51 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $3.64 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $3.34 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $4.75 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $7.28 – $14.38 |