Magnesium 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

$96.91

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.

$291.00

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.

$2.31 with Blue Shield CA vs $42.75 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 $2.31 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.66 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.46 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.23 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.23 ↓ -95%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5.59 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.85 ↓ -94%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.09 ↓ -93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $7.45 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $7.45 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7.54 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $8.04 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.04 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.55 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $8.55 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $8.55 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.55 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.86 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $8.86 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $8.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $8.86 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $8.86 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.86 ↓ -91%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -90%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.90 ↓ -89%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $11.39 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $12.54 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $13.06 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.24 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.24 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $42.75 ↓ -56%

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Magnesium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $157.97 $1.78 – $42.75
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $140.16 $2.46 – $17.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.55 $1.34 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $154.02 $6.57 – $54.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.52 $2.50 – $17.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.87 $6.70 – $16.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $138.77 $1.35 – $20.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $101.29 $4.50 – $19.28

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