Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$9.05

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.

$27.17

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.

$7.07 with Blue Shield CA vs $107.50 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 $7.07 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.16 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.60 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $14.51 ↑ +60%
HPN Medicare|Senior $16.04 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.04 ↑ +77%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +86%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $17.12 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.94 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↑ +124%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↑ +138%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↑ +138%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↑ +138%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↑ +138%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21.74 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.28 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $22.83 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $22.83 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $23.10 ↑ +155%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $24.46 ↑ +170%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $24.46 ↑ +170%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $27.17 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $27.17 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $27.17 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27.17 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $27.17 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $27.17 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $27.17 ↑ +200%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $28.68 ↑ +217%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $31.54 ↑ +249%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $32.52 ↑ +259%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $32.90 ↑ +264%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.41 ↑ +435%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.41 ↑ +435%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $107.50 ↑ +1088%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $10.63 $5.44 – $107.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11.91 $4.28 – $44.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.69 $3.37 – $27.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $16.53 – $137.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.94 $13.59 – $43.49
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $18.10 $14.71 – $26.63
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.93 $7.34 – $51.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.75 $13.59 – $48.50

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