Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$546.79

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.

$1,642.00

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.

$353.19 with IHCG vs $5,215.00 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.

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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
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $353.19 ↓ -35%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $354.20 ↓ -35%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $380.16 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $380.16 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $380.16 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $380.16 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $390.24 ↓ -29%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -17%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $476.18 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $492.60 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $536.03 ↓ -2%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $536.03 ↓ -2%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $557.69 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $575.15 ↑ +5%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $657.97 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $735.00 ↑ +34%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $760.32 ↑ +39%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $771.41 ↑ +41%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $820.00 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↑ +51%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $884.85 ↑ +62%
HPN Medicare|Senior $968.78 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,004.00 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,004.00 ↑ +84%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,034.46 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,083.72 ↑ +98%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,141.35 ↑ +109%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $1,186.00 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,209.69 ↑ +121%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,313.60 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,346.44 ↑ +146%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,348.38 ↑ +147%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,900.80 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,267.00 ↑ +315%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $3,239.00 ↑ +492%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $3,239.00 ↑ +492%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,215.00 ↑ +854%

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $3,686.35 $380.16 – $9,428.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,539.57 $453.77 – $2,741.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,059.28 $71.43 – $2,874.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,288.95 $380.16 – $4,769.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,406.59 $380.16 – $3,130.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $727.56 $380.16 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,451.36 $380.16 – $3,129.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,435.71 $380.16 – $3,090.48

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