Brain image 4+ views 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

$710.06

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.

$1,816.00

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.

$192.38 with LA Care vs $2,561.08 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $192.38 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $269.33 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $282.22 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $288.57 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $291.05 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $291.05 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $299.49 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $359.79 ↓ -49%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $384.76 ↓ -46%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $545.69 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -4%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $752.32 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $940.72 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $961.90 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|Senior $998.80 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,053.28 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,089.60 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,125.92 ↑ +59%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $1,162.68 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,176.26 ↑ +66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,271.20 ↑ +79%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,333.66 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,362.00 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,452.80 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $1,816.00 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,561.08 ↑ +261%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,561.08 ↑ +261%

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Brain image 4+ views at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $587.42 $192.38 – $2,561.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,174.83 $192.38 – $2,201.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $470.06 $192.38 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $464.99 $192.38 – $2,565.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $361.04 $144.48 – $688.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $737.48 $192.38 – $656.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,045.42 $192.38 – $3,747.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $411.28 $173.14 – $1,771.23

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