Artery x-rays spine at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$5,892.77
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.
$17,696.00
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.
$303.17 with LA Care vs $24,957.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $427.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $427.47 | ↓ -93% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $444.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $458.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $552.10 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $604.61 | ↓ -90% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $606.35 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $652.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,515.85 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,512.75 | ↓ -40% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,251.22 | ↓ -28% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $4,263.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $4,633.91 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,793.70 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $5,017.45 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $5,017.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,906.89 | ↑ +0% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,080.39 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $9,427.61 | ↑ +60% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $9,959.30 | ↑ +69% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $10,066.77 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,546.14 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,733.33 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +82% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,676.42 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,783.20 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,102.78 | ↑ +122% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $13,393.54 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $13,582.15 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,957.41 | ↑ +324% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $24,957.41 | ↑ +324% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $3,238.27 | $303.17 – $24,957.41 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,493.98 | $458.67 – $23,085.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,431.56 | $303.17 – $22,418.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,890.59 | $303.17 – $26,354.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,613.92 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,574.95 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,972.74 | $303.17 – $6,710.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,949.88 | $1,240.14 – $7,742.78 |