Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and 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

$3,773.55

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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.

$9,651.00

Gross charge

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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.

$324.17 with LA Care vs $9,651.00 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $324.17 ↓ -91%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $441.49 ↓ -88%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $453.84 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $475.56 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $486.26 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $490.44 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $490.44 ↓ -87%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $499.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $643.87 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $648.34 ↓ -83%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $771.41 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $773.52 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $779.00 ↓ -79%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $796.00 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -78%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $884.85 ↓ -77%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $899.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,004.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,004.00 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,620.85 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,075.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,594.00 ↓ -31%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5,308.05 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,597.58 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $5,790.60 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,983.62 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,755.70 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,720.80 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $9,651.00 ↑ +156%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $3,189.48 $324.17 – $7,853.96
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,761.59 $453.77 – $4,917.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $838.35 $71.43 – $3,011.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,128.06 $324.17 – $7,135.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12,859.13 $324.17 – $4,885.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,290.45 $324.17 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,943.89 $324.17 – $6,348.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,912.15 $324.17 – $6,268.65

All California hospitals for this procedure →