Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at Community Hospital San Bernardino

1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,536.81

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.

$6,488.00

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.

$269.44 with SBMG vs $3,507.00 with Redlands — 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
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $269.44 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $273.91 ↓ -89%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -88%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $337.84 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $383.47 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $401.83 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $414.40 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $414.40 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $517.79 ↓ -80%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $522.12 ↓ -79%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $547.83 ↓ -78%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $598.90 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $643.87 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $773.52 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $779.00 ↓ -69%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $796.00 ↓ -69%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $899.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,004.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,004.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,209.69 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,369.55 ↓ -46%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,928.85 ↓ -24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,034.06 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,075.00 ↓ -18%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $2,104.20 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,174.34 ↓ -14%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,454.90 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,594.00 ↑ +2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,805.60 ↑ +11%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $3,507.00 ↑ +38%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,796.21 $273.91 – $4,294.34
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,430.47 $307.13 – $4,328.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,268.48 $48.34 – $3,166.08
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,194.24 $321.54 – $2,586.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,794.42 $273.91 – $4,799.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6,201.80 $273.91 – $2,461.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,226.96 $273.91 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,455.81 $273.91 – $3,139.20

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