Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$199.81

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.

$511.00

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.

$127.89 with Kaiser vs $14,591.00 with United — 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 $127.89 ↓ -36%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $127.89 ↓ -36%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $127.89 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $127.89 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $127.89 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $127.89 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $157.30 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $157.30 ↓ -21%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $159.96 ↓ -20%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -1%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $218.68 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $239.79 ↑ +20%
HPN Medicare|Senior $281.05 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $283.85 ↑ +42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $296.38 ↑ +48%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $297.43 ↑ +49%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $306.60 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $316.82 ↑ +59%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $319.73 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $335.50 ↑ +68%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $337.96 ↑ +69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $357.70 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $383.25 ↑ +92%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $387.66 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $408.80 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $419.50 ↑ +110%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $511.00 ↑ +156%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,013.75 ↑ +407%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,832.00 ↑ +3820%
United Commercial|HMO $14,591.00 ↑ +7202%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $170.17 $127.89 – $5,761.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $501.08 $157.30 – $892.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $232.44 $90.29 – $342.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $583.90 $127.89 – $1,256.89
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $446.13 $127.89 – $3,827.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $716.38 $127.89 – $1,666.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,014.25 $161.59 – $306.17
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $350.45 $198.80 – $860.00

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