Red blood cells washed 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

$159.51

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.

$479.00

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.

$138.91 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 $138.91 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $143.70 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $234.71 ↑ +47%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $277.03 ↑ +74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $277.03 ↑ +74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $277.03 ↑ +74%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $277.03 ↑ +74%
HPN Medicare|Senior $282.61 ↑ +77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $301.77 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $316.14 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $335.30 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $335.30 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $383.20 ↑ +140%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $390.61 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $390.61 ↑ +145%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $392.78 ↑ +146%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $406.40 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $407.15 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $415.55 ↑ +161%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $419.12 ↑ +163%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $433.66 ↑ +172%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $439.04 ↑ +175%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $440.29 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $479.00 ↑ +200%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $479.00 ↑ +200%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $504.26 ↑ +216%
United Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↑ +216%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $694.55 ↑ +335%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $857.24 ↑ +437%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $934.05 ↑ +486%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.15 ↑ +768%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,210.00 ↑ +3793%
United Commercial|HMO $6,367.00 ↑ +3892%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $261.19 $277.03 – $8,268.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.72 $151.47 – $993.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $98.43 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,623.41 $277.03 – $3,717.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,486.86 $277.03 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $943.83 $277.03 – $2,035.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $933.65 $277.03 – $2,009.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $170.34 not published

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