Adh-sendout 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

$13.23

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.

$45.00

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.

$3.57 with Kaiser vs $198.80 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $3.57 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3.57 ↓ -73%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $7.65 ↓ -42%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.20 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.71 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11.22 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.24 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.26 ↑ +0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.94 ↑ +5%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $14.45 ↑ +9%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $14.45 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $15.30 ↑ +16%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $17.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $17.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $17.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $17.00 ↑ +28%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $17.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $198.80 ↑ +1403%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $198.80 ↑ +1403%

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Adh-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.70 $1.70 – $13.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $12.15 – $90.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $29.42 $6.79 – $49.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $15.30 $33.26 – $278.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $96.84 $22.50 – $87.45
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $24.36 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.69 $12.15 – $102.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.70 $8.50 – $97.53

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