Brain image < 4 views at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$225.61
Cash price 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.
$577.00
Gross charge 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.
$168.33 with Kaiser vs $1,972.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.66 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $246.94 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $252.50 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $254.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $254.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $277.36 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $317.35 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $333.21 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $334.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $336.65 | ↑ +49% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $346.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $357.74 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $403.90 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $421.21 | ↑ +87% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $425.62 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $432.75 | ↑ +92% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $461.60 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $525.07 | ↑ +133% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $577.00 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $577.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $577.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $841.65 | ↑ +273% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $867.97 | ↑ +285% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $995.61 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,972.88 | ↑ +774% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,972.88 | ↑ +774% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain image < 4 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $392.94 | $168.33 – $1,972.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,986.35 | $168.33 – $2,070.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $663.35 | $168.33 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $656.20 | $168.33 – $1,976.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $490.98 | $168.33 – $835.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $996.01 | $168.33 – $848.52 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $959.49 | $168.33 – $3,439.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $346.29 | $151.50 – $1,364.43 |