Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$152.19

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.

$457.00

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.

$132.53 with Redlands vs $1,972.88 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.

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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
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $132.53 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $137.10 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $148.94 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $231.44 ↑ +52%
HPN Medicare|Senior $269.63 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $269.63 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $273.42 ↑ +80%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $287.91 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $301.62 ↑ +98%
IHCG Medicaid|All Plans $340.50 ↑ +124%
IHCG Medicare|All Plans $341.47 ↑ +124%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $365.60 ↑ +140%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $374.74 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS PPO $383.88 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS HMO $383.88 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $388.45 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $439.09 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $457.00 ↑ +200%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|HMO $457.00 ↑ +200%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $457.00 ↑ +200%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +235%
DHMG Commercial|All Plans $662.65 ↑ +335%
EPIC Health Commercial|All Plans $867.97 ↑ +470%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $891.15 ↑ +486%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,972.88 ↑ +1196%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,972.88 ↑ +1196%

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $398.04 $130.56 – $1,972.88
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $503.27 $227.04 – $1,824.90
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,344.00 $537.00 – $537.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,344.00 $537.00 – $537.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,253.20 $365.00 – $365.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,253.20 $365.00 – $365.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $330.13 $80.37 – $477.24
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,344.00 $537.00 – $537.00

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