Acute venous thrombus image 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

$553.61

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.

$1,883.00

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.

$213.21 with Kaiser vs $13,966.71 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -61%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $213.21 ↓ -61%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $383.46 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $383.46 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $526.63 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $624.74 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $624.74 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $624.74 ↑ +13%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $821.70 ↑ +48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,095.60 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,114.91 ↑ +101%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,314.72 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,497.32 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,528.15 ↑ +176%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,552.10 ↑ +180%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,643.40 ↑ +197%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|HMO $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,826.00 ↑ +230%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,852.22 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,852.22 ↑ +235%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,966.71 ↑ +2423%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13,966.71 ↑ +2423%

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Acute venous thrombus image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,656.34 $213.21 – $3,920.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $741.63 $213.21 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $733.64 $213.21 – $6,851.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,113.43 $213.21 – $1,089.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $945.26 $213.21 – $4,347.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $926.96 – $2,035.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,171.45 – $2,035.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,328.43 – $2,035.50

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