Myelography neck spine at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$668.00
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.
$2,006.00
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.
$125.58 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 | $125.58 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.07 | ↓ -73% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $184.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $189.99 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $231.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $251.16 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $311.33 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $367.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $564.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $584.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.90 | ↓ -6% |
| IHCG | Medicaid|All Plans | $629.72 | ↓ -6% |
| IHCG | Medicare|All Plans | $631.52 | ↓ -5% |
| 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% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,149.32 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,149.32 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,227.24 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,285.68 | ↑ +92% |
| DHMG | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.58 | ↑ +118% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,558.40 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,597.36 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,609.16 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,609.16 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $1,636.32 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $1,636.32 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,655.80 | ↑ +148% |
| EPIC Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,706.55 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,948.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Naphcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,957.51 | ↑ +193% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,744.30 | ↑ +461% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,744.30 | ↑ +461% |
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Myelography neck spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $528.25 | $125.58 – $3,744.30 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $844.47 | $189.99 – $3,463.45 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,375.63 | $144.46 – $2,034.09 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,421.08 | $807.98 – $1,393.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,308.89 | $125.58 – $1,036.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,277.76 | $570.12 – $1,865.27 |