Knee MRI (with contrast) at San Martin Hospital

8280 W Warm Springs Rd, Las Vegas, NV · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528101284

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,010.02

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.

$14,683.00

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.

$291.14 with CareMore vs $7,225.92 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.

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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
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $291.14 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $353.67 ↓ -88%
Sierra Health Plan NV Medicaid|All Plans $418.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO $475.36 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $873.16 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $873.16 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $873.16 ↓ -71%
Intermountain Medicare|All Plans $890.62 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $890.63 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,416.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,416.00 ↓ -53%
Health Plan of NV Commercial|All Plans $1,593.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Payer $1,609.16 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,826.12 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,826.12 ↓ -39%
Sierra Health Options Commercial|Prime $1,912.00 ↓ -36%
Sierra Health Options Commercial|State of NV $1,987.00 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|DH Employees $3,010.80 ↑ +0%
Health Services Coalition Commercial|All Plans $3,412.24 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,255.87 ↑ +41%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $5,018.00 ↑ +67%
Teachers Health Trust Commercial|All Plans $6,121.96 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,924.84 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Options $7,225.92 ↑ +140%

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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Nevada hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon $1,929.19 $999.18 – $3,689.28
Siena Hospital Henderson $2,278.18 $291.14 – $6,924.84

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