Echo guide for artery repair 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

$419.94

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.

$1,074.00

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.

$187.59 with Aetna vs $1,385.11 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
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $187.59 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $225.36 ↓ -46%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $292.63 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $435.23 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $590.70 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $595.01 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|HMO $595.01 ↑ +42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $622.92 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $644.40 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $665.88 ↑ +59%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $672.62 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $751.80 ↑ +79%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $771.54 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $784.02 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $805.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $859.20 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $977.34 ↑ +133%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $1,074.00 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,385.11 ↑ +230%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,385.11 ↑ +230%

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Echo guide for artery repair at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $409.59 $332.52 – $1,385.11
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,168.83 $365.29 – $1,383.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $340.65 $234.63 – $1,462.63
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,981.46 $306.58 – $1,060.39
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,314.38 $277.71 – $1,202.49
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,128.12 $1,205.30 – $1,205.30
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $698.70 $300.45 – $902.14
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $614.88 $236.06 – $513.77

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