Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$36.63

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.

$110.00

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.

$0.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $46.75 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $0.59 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.70 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $0.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $0.84 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.99 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1.00 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $1.04 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1.07 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.13 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1.24 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $1.27 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.35 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1.54 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $3.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.64 ↓ -79%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -70%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -67%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.20 ↓ -64%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.75 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.75 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.30 ↓ -1%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↑ +20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.10 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $46.75 ↑ +28%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $43.41 $0.63 – $32.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $0.46 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $0.43 – $1.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.61 $0.76 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.92 $0.70 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.83 $0.37 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.17 $0.69 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $0.47 – $1.53

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