Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk 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

$171.83

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$516.00

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.

$2.16 with United vs $61.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.16 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $2.16 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.52 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $3.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $3.40 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.60 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.08 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.46 ↓ -97%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $12.20 ↓ -93%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -92%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $14.64 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.25 ↓ -91%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $16.47 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.30 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.45 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.45 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $38.43 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.26 ↓ -77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.80 ↓ -72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.02 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $51.85 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $54.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $54.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $61.00 ↓ -64%

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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $325.32 $2.16 – $98.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $2.16 – $53.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $3.14 – $41.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $403.18 $2.16 – $108.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.74 $2.16 – $96.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $236.33 $1.34 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $233.78 $2.16 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $3.14 – $45.10

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