Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$967.70
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.
$2,906.00
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.
$179.75 with LA Care vs $5,960.00 with United — 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 | $179.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.75 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.75 | ↓ -81% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $215.55 | ↓ -78% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $216.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $221.09 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.13 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $337.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $401.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $401.79 | ↓ -58% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $418.04 | ↓ -57% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $445.34 | ↓ -54% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $449.37 | ↓ -54% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $522.12 | ↓ -46% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $598.90 | ↓ -38% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $842.74 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $871.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,204.26 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,204.26 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,332.07 | ↑ +38% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,424.80 | ↑ +47% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,714.54 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,830.78 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $1,902.67 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $1,902.67 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,917.96 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,324.80 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,382.92 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,470.10 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,906.00 | ↑ +200% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,761.00 | ↑ +495% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,960.00 | ↑ +516% |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $828.14 | $179.75 – $7,832.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,241.30 | $221.09 – $2,210.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,143.52 | $48.34 – $1,830.39 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,428.51 | $321.54 – $1,094.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,436.80 | $179.75 – $2,597.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,036.63 | $120.30 – $455.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,157.57 | $179.75 – $1,809.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,031.01 | $179.75 – $2,223.20 |