Artery x-rays spine 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

$3,238.27

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.

$8,282.00

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.

$303.17 with Kaiser vs $24,957.41 with Cigna — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $303.17 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $311.46 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $374.17 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $424.44 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $444.75 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $458.67 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $458.67 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $604.61 ↓ -81%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $606.35 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,515.85 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,528.81 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,412.36 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,555.10 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,803.56 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $4,969.20 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,134.84 ↑ +59%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $5,314.02 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,797.40 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6,211.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,625.60 ↑ +105%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +112%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $7,555.33 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $8,282.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,282.00 ↑ +156%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $8,282.00 ↑ +156%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $11,676.42 ↑ +261%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $13,393.54 ↑ +314%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24,957.41 ↑ +671%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24,957.41 ↑ +671%

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Artery x-rays spine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $5,892.77 $303.17 – $24,957.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,493.98 $458.67 – $23,085.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,431.56 $303.17 – $22,418.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,890.59 $303.17 – $26,354.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,613.92 $303.17 – $25,002.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,574.95 $303.17 – $25,002.66
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,972.74 $303.17 – $6,710.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,949.88 $1,240.14 – $7,742.78

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