Whole blood for transfusion 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

$694.64

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.

$2,086.00

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.

$147.07 with IHCG 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
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $147.07 ↓ -79%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $147.49 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $245.99 ↓ -65%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $254.85 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $254.85 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $254.85 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $254.85 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $286.04 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $359.34 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $359.34 ↓ -48%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $373.86 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $382.28 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $385.57 ↓ -44%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $414.76 ↓ -40%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $486.27 ↓ -30%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $509.70 ↓ -27%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $557.78 ↓ -20%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $604.94 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $625.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,022.14 ↑ +47%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,230.74 ↑ +77%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,274.25 ↑ +83%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,314.18 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,376.76 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $1,460.20 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $1,460.20 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,668.80 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,710.52 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,773.10 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,086.00 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,210.00 ↑ +794%
United Commercial|HMO $6,367.00 ↑ +817%

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Whole blood for transfusion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,042.80 $254.85 – $8,268.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $146.73 $90.45 – $571.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $873.71 $254.85 – $1,639.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $864.29 $254.85 – $1,618.71
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $306.00 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $511.27 $254.85 – $1,232.46
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $229.50 not published
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $640.30 $183.12 – $747.74

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