Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous 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

$53.95

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$162.00

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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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$11.00 with Redlands vs $55.00 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

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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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
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -80%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -78%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.75 ↓ -75%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.75 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.75 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.30 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $34.65 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.30 ↓ -33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.10 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $46.75 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $49.50 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $49.50 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|HMO $52.80 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $55.00 ↑ +2%

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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $93.45 $31.92 – $152.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.76 $2.07 – $2.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $115.99 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $106.24 $46.44 – $168.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $12.40 – $31.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $7.75 – $31.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $89.76 $2.24 – $2.88

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