Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 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

$5,236.10

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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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$15,724.00

Gross charge

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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.

$158.57 with LA Care vs $24,957.41 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

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
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $223.58 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $223.58 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $232.62 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $239.90 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $317.15 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $491.63 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $557.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $580.81 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $792.85 ↓ -85%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $1,719.12 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,778.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,493.53 ↓ -33%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3,497.52 ↓ -33%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,734.64 ↓ -29%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,912.48 ↓ -25%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $4,251.22 ↓ -19%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $4,263.35 ↓ -19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,742.40 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,860.96 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $4,979.52 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $4,979.52 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5,038.80 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5,906.89 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $5,928.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +31%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $8,595.60 ↑ +64%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $11,559.60 ↑ +121%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $11,676.42 ↑ +123%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24,957.41 ↑ +377%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24,957.41 ↑ +377%

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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $3,149.90 $158.57 – $24,957.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,595.11 $239.90 – $23,085.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,790.03 $158.57 – $22,418.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,471.14 $158.57 – $26,354.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,450.30 $158.57 – $25,002.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,844.62 $158.57 – $25,002.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,254.79 $1,276.23 – $7,353.90
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,886.35 $4,194.31 – $7,353.90

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