_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-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

$46.90

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.

$159.50

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.

$21.90 with Kaiser vs $675.72 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|All Other Plans $21.90 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $21.90 ↓ -53%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $46.92 ↑ +0%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $62.56 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $65.69 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $68.82 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $75.07 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $81.33 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.50 ↑ +82%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $88.63 ↑ +89%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $88.63 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $93.84 ↑ +100%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $93.84 ↑ +100%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $102.54 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $102.54 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $102.54 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $102.54 ↑ +119%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $102.54 ↑ +119%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $102.54 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $104.26 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $104.26 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $104.26 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $104.26 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $104.26 ↑ +122%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $104.26 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $675.72 ↑ +1341%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $675.72 ↑ +1341%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $91.08 $10.43 – $83.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.87 $28.16 – $306.07
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $77.00 $14.76 – $169.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $199.09 $52.13 – $297.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $182.34 $28.16 – $349.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $59.18 $52.13 – $331.49
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $58.54 $52.13 – $331.49
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $116.56 $54.22 – $104.26

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