Heparin assay 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

$125.55

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.

$377.00

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.

$11.26 with Kaiser vs $82.25 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $11.26 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.70 ↓ -91%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.50 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $15.71 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.71 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.45 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.45 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.45 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.45 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $17.55 ↓ -86%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $18.98 ↓ -85%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $18.98 ↓ -85%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $22.25 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.19 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.19 ↓ -82%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.88 ↓ -80%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $25.53 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.19 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $26.55 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicare|Senior $26.55 ↓ -79%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $28.35 ↓ -77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.70 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.91 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.90 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.55 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.55 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $37.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $37.80 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $38.25 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $45.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $45.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $82.25 ↓ -34%

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Heparin assay at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $57.09 $9.00 – $82.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.55 $13.09 – $48.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $38.74 $2.62 – $40.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $316.71 $12.83 – $90.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $59.58 $13.09 – $44.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $117.89 $13.09 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $54.57 $12.15 – $44.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $128.74 $11.50 – $37.62

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