Drug assay caffeine 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

$11.80

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.

$35.42

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.

$9.21 with Blue Shield CA vs $110.63 with Cigna — 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 $9.21 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.82 ↑ +17%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↑ +31%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↑ +31%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↑ +31%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.90 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $20.90 ↑ +77%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.71 ↑ +84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.71 ↑ +84%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $22.32 ↑ +89%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $22.59 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.10 ↑ +96%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.30 ↑ +97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $23.38 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.34 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $29.05 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $29.76 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $29.76 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $30.11 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $30.47 ↑ +158%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.80 ↑ +161%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $35.42 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $35.42 ↑ +200%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|HMO $35.42 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.42 ↑ +200%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $35.42 ↑ +200%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $51.36 ↑ +335%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $51.36 ↑ +335%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $60.22 ↑ +410%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $69.07 ↑ +485%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +553%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $110.63 ↑ +838%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.63 ↑ +838%

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Drug assay caffeine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $13.85 $7.09 – $110.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.53 $7.71 – $27.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.15 $15.40 – $110.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13.00 $15.40 – $110.83
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $20.23 $3.55 – $28.34
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10.42 $7.44 – $35.42
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.56 $15.40 – $35.42
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $18.25 $10.28 – $35.42

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