Bone/joint imaging ltd area at St. Bernardine Medical Center

2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$283.05

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.

$850.00

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.

$116.06 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,972.88 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $116.06 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $116.06 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $163.64 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $163.64 ↓ -42%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $170.26 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $174.09 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $175.58 ↓ -38%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $232.11 ↓ -18%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $246.50 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -10%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $340.50 ↑ +20%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $341.47 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $439.09 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $452.42 ↑ +60%
HPN Medicare|Senior $501.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $501.50 ↑ +77%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $534.49 ↑ +89%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $535.50 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $561.00 ↑ +98%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $580.30 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $680.00 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $697.00 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $714.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $714.00 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $722.50 ↑ +155%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $740.33 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $850.00 ↑ +200%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $867.97 ↑ +207%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $995.61 ↑ +252%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,972.88 ↑ +597%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,972.88 ↑ +597%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $709.67 $116.06 – $1,972.88
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $383.25 $175.58 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,284.97 $80.37 – $1,857.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,815.09 $538.74 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,037.71 $116.06 – $4,057.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,399.93 $116.06 – $2,195.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $116.06 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $526.82 $116.06 – $1,976.45

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