Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$578.76

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.

$1,738.00

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.

$228.33 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,561.08 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 $228.33 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $228.33 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $228.33 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $228.33 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $321.95 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $321.95 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $334.96 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $342.50 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $345.45 ↓ -40%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $436.55 ↓ -25%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $437.80 ↓ -24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $456.66 ↓ -21%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $504.02 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $521.40 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $588.18 ↑ +2%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $912.74 ↑ +58%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $991.70 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,025.42 ↑ +77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,025.42 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,078.30 ↑ +86%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,094.94 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↑ +90%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,141.65 ↑ +97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,147.08 ↑ +98%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $1,162.68 ↑ +101%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $1,333.66 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,390.40 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,425.16 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $1,459.92 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $1,459.92 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,477.30 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,738.00 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,561.08 ↑ +343%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,561.08 ↑ +343%

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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,076.82 $228.33 – $2,754.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,503.22 $345.45 – $2,676.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,039.42 $228.33 – $4,445.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,722.28 $228.33 – $3,968.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,627.59 $228.33 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $470.06 $228.33 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $464.99 $228.33 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,516.34 $755.17 – $1,130.33

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