Red blood cells each unit 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

$774.56

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.

$2,326.00

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.

$129.05 with Redlands vs $6,367.00 with United — 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
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $129.05 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $129.66 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $129.66 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $129.66 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $129.66 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $133.50 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $157.70 ↓ -80%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $161.59 ↓ -79%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $162.05 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $182.82 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $182.82 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $183.37 ↓ -76%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $190.21 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $194.49 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $196.16 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $218.05 ↓ -72%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $259.32 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicare|Senior $262.55 ↓ -66%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $265.89 ↓ -66%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $280.35 ↓ -64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $293.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $311.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $311.50 ↓ -60%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $311.73 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $356.00 ↓ -54%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $357.57 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $364.90 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $378.25 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $445.00 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $648.30 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,210.00 ↑ +702%
United Commercial|HMO $6,367.00 ↑ +722%

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Red blood cells each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,155.41 $129.66 – $8,268.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $146.73 $90.45 – $340.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $873.71 $129.66 – $1,884.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $864.29 $129.66 – $1,860.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $511.27 $129.66 – $1,425.98
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $690.87 $48.72 – $198.94
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $217.33 $129.66 – $422.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $457.65 $129.66 – $864.45

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