Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$146.19
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.
$439.00
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.
$34.27 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 | $34.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.32 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.32 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.27 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.41 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.54 | ↓ -53% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.66 | ↓ -29% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $103.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $123.54 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $127.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.35 | ↑ +17% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $195.92 | ↑ +34% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $229.70 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $251.34 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $251.34 | ↑ +72% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $263.48 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $263.67 | ↑ +80% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $268.38 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $281.16 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $311.50 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $340.80 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $349.32 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $357.84 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $357.84 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $362.10 | ↑ +148% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $426.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $569.81 | ↑ +290% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $569.81 | ↑ +290% |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $233.02 | $51.84 – $527.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $491.34 | $21.27 – $726.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $503.88 | $140.89 – $666.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $469.09 | $34.27 – $628.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,341.99 | $6.73 – $26.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $495.88 | $34.27 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $156.20 | $34.27 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $154.51 | $34.27 – $570.84 |