Contrast x-ray gallbladder at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$412.59
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.
$1,239.00
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.
$55.12 with LA Care vs $1,022.55 with Blue Shield CA — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $77.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $77.72 | ↓ -81% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.86 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.39 | ↓ -80% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $164.93 | ↓ -60% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.54 | ↓ -59% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $169.02 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.52 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $194.85 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $206.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $275.60 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $295.25 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $295.25 | ↓ -28% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $327.98 | ↓ -21% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $348.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $360.90 | ↓ -13% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $384.52 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↓ -3% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $441.07 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $475.49 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $709.77 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $757.89 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $793.98 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $934.85 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $934.85 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $962.40 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $986.46 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,022.55 | ↑ +148% |
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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $341.35 | $55.12 – $934.85 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $483.56 | $83.39 – $864.73 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,042.29 | $55.12 – $723.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $124.29 | $55.12 – $936.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $122.95 | $55.12 – $936.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $252.96 | $218.84 – $291.55 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $295.80 | $225.59 – $291.55 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $527.44 | $55.12 – $736.36 |