Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

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

$1,658.75

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$5,642.00

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.

$119.34 with HPSJ vs $1,163.63 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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $119.34 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $119.34 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $119.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $119.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $119.34 ↓ -93%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $128.25 ↓ -92%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $135.79 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -91%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $150.88 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $209.58 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $209.58 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $294.77 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $299.65 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $299.65 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $299.65 ↓ -82%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $449.10 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $555.11 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $598.80 ↓ -64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $718.56 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $760.86 ↓ -54%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $818.36 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $998.00 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,163.63 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,163.63 ↓ -30%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $722.27 $135.12 – $1,286.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.10 $21.27 – $1,028.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,803.98 $140.89 – $461.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,146.62 $119.34 – $2,190.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,016.65 $119.34 – $764.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $913.36 $119.34 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $875.94 $119.34 – $1,888.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $866.49 $119.34 – $1,865.19

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