Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$170.50
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.
$512.00
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.
$99.36 with Partnership Health Plan vs $934.85 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 | $99.36 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $140.10 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $140.10 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $145.76 | ↓ -15% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $148.48 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.09 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.32 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $153.60 | ↓ -10% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.54 | ↓ -1% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $169.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.52 | ↑ +14% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $234.23 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $276.72 | ↑ +62% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $302.08 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $302.08 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $322.56 | ↑ +89% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $327.98 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $337.92 | ↑ +98% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $384.52 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $409.60 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $419.84 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $430.08 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $430.08 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $435.20 | ↑ +155% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $441.07 | ↑ +159% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $496.80 | ↑ +191% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $512.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $934.85 | ↑ +448% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $934.85 | ↑ +448% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $190.42 | $99.36 – $934.85 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $230.39 | $142.02 – $864.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $334.05 | $236.37 – $439.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $99.36 – $839.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $202.67 | $99.36 – $987.17 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $183.28 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $181.30 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,076.10 | $249.04 – $575.62 |