Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (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

$5,491.99

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.

$14,046.00

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.

$210.68 with SBMG vs $14,046.00 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
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $210.68 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -96%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $248.81 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $275.95 ↓ -95%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $384.52 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $386.33 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $404.82 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $417.49 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $417.49 ↓ -92%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $441.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $545.49 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $551.90 ↓ -90%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $558.00 ↓ -90%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $629.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $650.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $781.85 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $873.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $891.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $891.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,091.00 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,379.75 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7,725.30 ↑ +41%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $8,146.68 ↑ +48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $8,427.60 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,708.52 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,832.20 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $10,534.50 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,236.80 ↑ +105%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $14,046.00 ↑ +156%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $2,617.72 $226.19 – $6,681.85
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,503.61 $226.19 – $4,458.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,712.12 $35.60 – $2,918.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,113.94 $226.19 – $7,824.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,948.05 $275.95 – $2,254.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,281.83 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,985.66 $226.19 – $8,594.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,942.69 $226.19 – $8,486.97

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