Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$17.62

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.

$52.91

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.

$4.16 with Blue Shield CA vs $91.45 with Care 1st — 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 $4.16 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.80 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.24 ↓ -65%
HPN Medicare|Senior $9.44 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9.44 ↓ -46%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $12.34 ↓ -30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -27%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.12 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $13.44 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $13.44 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $13.60 ↓ -23%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|HMO $16.00 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $16.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $16.00 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.00 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $19.68 ↑ +12%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $20.81 ↑ +18%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $20.81 ↑ +18%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $24.39 ↑ +38%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $26.83 ↑ +52%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $27.98 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.17 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.17 ↑ +134%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $91.45 ↑ +419%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $20.69 $3.20 – $91.45
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $38.19 $2.87 – $59.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22.65 $5.45 – $36.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.24 $14.35 – $35.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20.75 $2.95 – $43.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.63 $8.00 – $41.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.42 $8.00 – $41.25
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $30.22 $1.60 – $12.80

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