Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection 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

$241.76

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.

$726.00

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.

$8.26 with Kaiser vs $62.05 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -97%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -96%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $10.65 ↓ -96%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.33 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $12.33 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.24 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.24 ↓ -95%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $13.93 ↓ -94%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $15.31 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $15.31 ↓ -94%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -93%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.26 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.26 ↓ -93%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $16.91 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.44 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicare|Senior $17.52 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.57 ↓ -93%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $18.74 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18.93 ↓ -92%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $19.71 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.06 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $21.44 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.90 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.06 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $23.44 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $28.66 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $28.66 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.85 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.85 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $46.13 ↓ -81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $48.18 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $57.65 ↓ -76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $58.40 ↓ -76%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $59.86 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $62.05 ↓ -74%

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $457.08 $9.61 – $234.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $174.33 $5.81 – $19.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,140.44 $7.73 – $15.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,266.26 $9.61 – $259.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,439.82 $55.93 – $211.87
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,075.64 $9.61 – $259.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $195.52 $7.02 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $773.64 $9.61 – $83.74

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