Chest X-ray (single view) at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$171.17
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.
$514.00
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.
$17.65 with Partnership Health Plan vs $423.34 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.89 | ↓ -85% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $33.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $39.20 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $56.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $58.50 | ↓ -66% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.82 | ↓ -57% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $74.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.22 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $115.05 | ↓ -33% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $115.05 | ↓ -33% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $122.85 | ↓ -28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $128.70 | ↓ -25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $159.90 | ↓ -7% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $162.23 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $163.80 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $163.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $165.75 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $190.20 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $195.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $218.17 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $423.34 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $423.34 | ↑ +147% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $247.51 | $17.65 – $633.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $229.08 | $26.70 – $407.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $286.08 | $17.61 – $443.29 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $963.39 | $57.78 – $127.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $374.93 | $17.65 – $694.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $341.00 | $17.65 – $125.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $130.54 | $17.65 – $447.03 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $245.98 | $17.65 – $530.40 |