Oral busulfan 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

$632.70

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.

$1,900.00

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.

$27.59 with IHCG vs $1,615.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $27.59 ↓ -96%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $27.67 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $42.58 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $60.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $60.84 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $92.02 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $97.91 ↓ -85%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $107.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $138.95 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $138.95 ↓ -78%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $155.15 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $164.84 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $164.84 ↓ -74%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $181.90 ↓ -71%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $208.65 ↓ -67%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $235.72 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $267.04 ↓ -58%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $291.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $357.04 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $357.04 ↓ -44%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $380.00 ↓ -40%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $418.00 ↓ -34%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $418.00 ↓ -34%
HPN Medicare|Senior $456.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $475.00 ↓ -25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $513.00 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $570.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $855.00 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $855.00 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,520.00 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,558.00 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,615.00 ↑ +155%

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Oral busulfan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.78 $7.20 – $18.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13.53 $3.64 – $14.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $373.31 $24.18 – $1,338.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $15.35 $1.98 – $325.90
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $16.13 $7.38 – $325.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $9.92 – $181.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $10.12 – $181.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $10.12 – $181.05

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