Ultrasound chest at Community Hospital San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818
$507.13
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.
$1,297.00
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.
$53.17 with LA Care vs $569.81 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.
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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.44 | ↓ -85% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $78.00 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.76 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.44 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $85.80 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $90.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $93.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $96.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $107.40 | ↓ -79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $109.20 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $113.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $117.00 | ↓ -77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $124.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $129.03 | ↓ -75% |
| SBMG | Commercial|All Plans | $129.58 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Redlands | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $141.96 | ↓ -72% |
| Ballards Rehab | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $156.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Epic Health | Commercial|All Plans | $229.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $263.48 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $265.85 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $569.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $569.81 | ↑ +12% |
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Ultrasound chest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $321.35 | $22.33 – $569.81 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $689.85 | $80.44 – $1,228.50 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $980.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $980.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $650.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $650.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $458.44 | $21.27 – $566.48 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $980.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |