CT guidance for needle placement at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$1,539.46
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.
$4,623.00
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.
$111.05 with Partnership Health Plan vs $4,623.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.58 | ↓ -90% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.91 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.58 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.01 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $222.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $391.23 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $462.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $555.25 | ↓ -64% |
| PrimeCare | Medicare|All Plans | $573.00 | ↓ -63% |
| PrimeCare | Commercial|All Plans | $829.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $891.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $891.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $1,340.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.90 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,126.58 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,288.85 | ↑ +49% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,727.57 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,912.49 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,051.18 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $3,269.29 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $3,269.29 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,698.40 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,790.86 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,929.55 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,438.08 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,623.00 | ↑ +200% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,613.66 | $111.05 – $4,127.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,722.66 | $168.01 – $3,067.74 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $751.92 | $183.23 – $1,441.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,071.10 | $111.05 – $4,506.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,890.78 | $111.05 – $1,110.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,537.04 | $111.05 – $3,557.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $831.79 | $111.05 – $1,793.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $822.82 | $111.05 – $2,219.58 |