MRA spinal canal at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$543.89
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.
$1,391.00
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.
$340.97 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,594.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $477.36 | ↓ -12% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $500.20 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $515.85 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $515.85 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $643.87 | ↑ +18% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $681.94 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $693.25 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $693.25 | ↑ +27% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $765.05 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $773.52 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $779.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PrimeCare | Medicare|All Plans | $796.00 | ↑ +46% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $806.78 | ↑ +48% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $834.60 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $862.42 | ↑ +59% |
| PrimeCare | Commercial|All Plans | $899.00 | ↑ +65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $973.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,004.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,004.00 | ↑ +85% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.80 | ↑ +105% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $1,391.00 | ↑ +156% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $1,391.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,704.85 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,075.00 | ↑ +282% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,594.00 | ↑ +377% |
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MRA spinal canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,049.29 | $340.97 – $1,704.85 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $697.74 | $430.11 – $1,901.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,429.00 | $500.06 – $2,210.91 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,060.28 | $306.87 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $848.82 | $306.87 – $1,922.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $4,154.50 | $500.06 – $2,215.36 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $6,894.72 | $500.06 – $4,351.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $4,460.16 | $500.06 – $4,258.66 |