Doppler echo complete 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

$586.75

Cash price

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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.

$1,762.00

Gross charge

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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.

$87.87 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,960.00 with United — 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
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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $87.87 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $87.87 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $87.87 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $87.87 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $108.08 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $164.75 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $196.43 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $196.43 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $204.37 ↓ -65%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $219.66 ↓ -63%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $435.58 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $450.60 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $595.78 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $696.55 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $850.98 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $850.98 ↑ +45%
HPN Medicare|Senior $886.18 ↑ +51%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $946.26 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $991.32 ↑ +69%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,201.60 ↑ +105%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,231.64 ↑ +110%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,276.70 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,370.47 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|HMO $5,761.00 ↑ +882%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,960.00 ↑ +916%

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Doppler echo complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,876.02 $87.87 – $7,832.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $676.28 $108.08 – $1,204.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $395.30 $15.58 – $126.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $641.58 $258.94 – $489.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $600.92 $87.87 – $1,375.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.61 $23.55 – $89.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $554.68 $87.87 – $1,260.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $764.64 $87.87 – $1,648.80

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