Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689769911
$1,376.29
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.
$4,133.00
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.
$139.70 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,967.68 with United — 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 | $139.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $197.37 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicaid|All Plans | $204.94 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $209.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $211.35 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $233.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $279.40 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $472.25 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS PPO | $674.55 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS HMO | $674.55 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $698.50 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,086.33 | ↓ -21% |
| Redlands | Commercial|All Plans | $1,198.57 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,239.90 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,901.18 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,438.47 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,603.79 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,727.78 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,306.40 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,389.06 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,513.05 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,967.68 | ↑ +188% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $776.53 | $111.34 – $1,986.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $655.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $112.57 | $69.39 – $211.35 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $655.20 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $655.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $655.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $644.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $644.80 | not published |