Myelography l-s spine at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$669.33
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.
$2,010.00
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.
$117.59 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,744.30 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 | $117.59 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $117.59 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.59 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.59 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.80 | ↓ -75% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.91 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $302.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $357.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $565.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $585.30 | ↓ -13% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $587.95 | ↓ -12% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $629.72 | ↓ -6% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $631.52 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $863.31 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Epic Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Patton | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,130.55 | ↑ +69% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,151.09 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,229.13 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,287.66 | ↑ +92% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.58 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,560.80 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,599.82 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,609.16 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,609.16 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $1,614.83 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $1,614.83 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,658.35 | ↑ +148% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,706.55 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,951.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,957.51 | ↑ +192% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,744.30 | ↑ +459% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,744.30 | ↑ +459% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $399.61 | $117.59 – $3,744.30 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $927.25 | $177.91 – $3,463.45 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,433.36 | $135.27 – $2,119.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,938.65 | $117.59 – $6,728.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,634.37 | $117.59 – $604.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $730.30 | $117.59 – $3,953.87 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $117.59 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $117.59 – $3,751.09 |