San Bernardino → MRI of the lower back
MRI of the lower back in San Bernardino
Across 10 of 13 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $305 to $6,872 — 22.5× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $244 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chino Valley Medical Center cvmc.com · Chino | $305 | $6,379 | $181–$867 | B |
| Desert Valley Hospital dvmc.com · Victorville | $305 | $4,234 | $181–$2,257 | B |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center montclair-hospital.org · Montclair | $305 | $6,379 | $181–$867 | B |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino chisaintjosephhealth.org · San Bernardino | $1,066 | $2,726 | $267–$2,726 | C |
| St Bernardine Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · San Bernardino | $2,166 | $6,505 | $216–$5,334 | D |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center lluh.org · Loma Linda | $2,234–$4,753 varies | $10,563 | $307–$9,507 | C |
| Loma Linda University Children's Hospital lluh.org · Loma Linda | $2,234–$2,758 varies | $6,129 | $307–$5,210 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/ontario healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Fontana | $2,496 | $4,800 | $220–$655 | B |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center victorvalleyglobalmedicalcenter.com · Victorville | $3,563 | $3,563 | $165–$3,563 | C |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical Center arrowheadregional.org · Colton | $4,152 | $4,152 | $186–$3,010 | B |
| Redlands Community Hospital arrowheadregional.org · Redlands | $4,152 | $4,152 | $186–$3,010 | B |
| Barstow Community Hospital barstowhospital.com · Barstow | $6,872 | $11,454 | $390–$9,163 | C |
| Mountains Community Hospital mchcares.com · Lake Arrowhead | not published | — | $186–$1,818 | C |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 72148 —
MRI lumbar spine without contrast. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.