Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$153.85

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.

$462.00

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.

$28.64 with LA Care vs $147.17 with Naphcare — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $32.50 ↓ -79%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $36.25 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -76%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $38.65 ↓ -75%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $38.76 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $40.38 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $40.38 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -74%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $42.01 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.96 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $43.33 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.75 ↓ -68%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $57.29 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $64.90 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $73.18 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $73.75 ↓ -52%
HPN Medicare|Senior $73.75 ↓ -52%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -51%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $78.75 ↓ -49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.50 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $86.45 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $101.23 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $101.23 ↓ -34%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $102.50 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $105.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $105.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $106.25 ↓ -31%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $109.43 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.00 ↓ -19%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $128.30 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $143.20 ↓ -7%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $147.17 ↓ -4%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $180.65 $25.00 – $147.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.21 $35.37 – $102.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $144.60 $11.88 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $219.30 $66.86 – $146.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.79 $28.64 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $21.74 – $82.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $28.64 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $28.06 – $101.42

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