San Bernardino → X-ray of the lower back
X-ray of the lower back in San Bernardino
Across 12 of 14 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $133 to $1,312 — 9.9× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $107 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernardine Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · San Bernardino | $110–$435 varies | $363 | $63–$1,071 | D |
| Chino Valley Medical Center cvmc.com · Chino | $133 | $1,399 | $43–$268 | B |
| Desert Valley Hospital dvmc.com · Victorville | $133 | $985 | $43–$201 | B |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center montclair-hospital.org · Montclair | $133 | $1,399 | $43–$268 | B |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino chisaintjosephhealth.org · San Bernardino | $134–$555 varies | $1,420 | $63–$1,420 | C |
| Mountains Community Hospital mchcares.com · Lake Arrowhead | $342 | $855 | $44–$727 | C |
| Loma Linda University Children's Hospital lluh.org · Loma Linda | $506 | $1,125 | $74–$956 | C |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital bvchd.com · Big Bear Lake | $596 | $851 | $100–$723 | C |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical Center arrowheadregional.org · Colton | $675 | $675 | $44–$489 | B |
| Redlands Community Hospital arrowheadregional.org · Redlands | $675 | $675 | $44–$489 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/ontario healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Fontana | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center lluh.org · Loma Linda | $720 | $1,600 | $75–$1,440 | C |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center victorvalleyglobalmedicalcenter.com · Victorville | $803 | $803 | $52–$803 | C |
| Barstow Community Hospital barstowhospital.com · Barstow | $1,312 | $2,186 | $63–$1,749 | 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 72110 —
X-ray lower spine. 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.