Head CT scan (without contrast) at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$1,951.88
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.
$4,992.00
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.
$129.58 with SBMG vs $4,992.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $129.58 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $203.36 | ↓ -90% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $213.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $219.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $219.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $229.70 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $263.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $290.52 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $321.36 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $386.06 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $423.53 | ↓ -78% |
| PrimeCare | Medicare|All Plans | $558.00 | ↓ -71% |
| PrimeCare | Commercial|All Plans | $629.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $726.30 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $873.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $891.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $891.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,091.00 | ↓ -44% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,745.60 | ↑ +41% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,895.36 | ↑ +48% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,995.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,095.04 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,494.40 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,744.00 | ↑ +92% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,993.60 | ↑ +105% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $4,992.00 | ↑ +156% |
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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,521.48 | $135.12 – $3,883.65 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,778.28 | $135.12 – $3,166.80 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $712.05 | $21.27 – $1,228.99 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,571.02 | $140.89 – $1,094.19 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,024.87 | $135.12 – $2,299.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,435.90 | $145.26 – $1,112.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,062.32 | $114.21 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,593.82 | $135.12 – $3,436.80 |