Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs 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

$76.93

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.

$231.00

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.

$24.79 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 $24.79 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.79 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.79 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $24.79 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.00 ↓ -66%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $29.00 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $34.95 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $34.95 ↓ -55%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $36.37 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.19 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -51%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $38.65 ↓ -50%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $38.76 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $39.00 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -47%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $49.57 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $59.00 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|Senior $59.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $61.53 ↓ -20%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $64.90 ↓ -16%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $66.00 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $72.69 ↓ -6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $80.00 ↑ +4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $84.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $84.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $84.38 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $84.38 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $85.00 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.00 ↑ +30%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $109.43 ↑ +42%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $123.95 ↑ +61%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $128.30 ↑ +67%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $147.17 ↑ +91%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $90.33 $20.00 – $147.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $37.50 – $123.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.20 $11.88 – $97.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $24.79 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $24.79 – $102.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $24.79 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $24.28 – $126.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $57.81 $24.28 – $124.43

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