Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$959.62

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.

$3,264.00

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.

$312.44 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 $312.44 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $312.44 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $312.44 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $312.44 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $312.44 ↓ -67%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $312.44 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $383.46 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $383.46 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $771.73 ↓ -20%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $821.70 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,095.60 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,205.16 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,215.58 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,215.58 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,215.58 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,314.72 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,497.32 ↑ +56%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,552.10 ↑ +62%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,643.40 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,643.40 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|HMO $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,826.00 ↑ +90%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,852.22 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,852.22 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,966.71 ↑ +1355%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13,966.71 ↑ +1355%

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,015.68 $472.69 – $6,326.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,120.60 $312.44 – $11,166.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,377.95 $312.44 – $5,114.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,086.21 $312.44 – $7,222.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,248.05 $312.44 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,234.59 $312.44 – $6,851.62
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,327.52 $1,415.36 – $3,080.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,957.00 $312.44 – $1,741.00

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