Middle cerebral artery echo at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$96.57
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.
$290.00
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.
$82.17 with Partnership Health Plan vs $569.81 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 | $82.17 | ↓ -15% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.17 | ↓ -15% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $84.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $87.00 | ↓ -10% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.66 | ↑ +7% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $103.96 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.86 | ↑ +20% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.86 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.20 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $120.54 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.32 | ↑ +29% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.34 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $171.10 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $171.10 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $182.70 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $191.40 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $193.59 | ↑ +100% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $195.92 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $228.71 | ↑ +137% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $229.70 | ↑ +138% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $232.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $237.80 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $243.60 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $243.60 | ↑ +152% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +154% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +154% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $246.50 | ↑ +155% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $263.48 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $290.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $410.85 | ↑ +325% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $569.81 | ↑ +490% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $569.81 | ↑ +490% |
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Middle cerebral artery echo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $239.69 | $82.17 – $613.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $157.68 | $97.20 – $527.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $633.50 | $21.27 – $782.79 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $163.07 | $82.17 – $511.83 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $225.40 | $82.17 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $133.56 | $82.17 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $132.12 | $82.17 – $570.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $936.36 | $134.46 – $535.56 |