Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$29.70
Cash price 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.
$101.00
Gross charge 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.
$21.21 with Kaiser vs $7,731.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $21.21 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.21 | ↓ -29% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $35.93 | ↑ +21% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $38.04 | ↑ +28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $42.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $49.49 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.49 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $51.51 | ↑ +73% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $55.55 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $55.55 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $55.55 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.55 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.62 | ↑ +111% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $65.65 | ↑ +121% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $72.72 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $82.82 | ↑ +179% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $418.00 | ↑ +1307% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $520.00 | ↑ +1651% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $520.00 | ↑ +1651% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,211.00 | ↑ +14078% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,694.00 | ↑ +15705% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,956.00 | ↑ +16587% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,731.00 | ↑ +25930% |
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Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $38.95 | $37.85 – $89.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.96 | $18.63 – $70.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $35.68 | $24.57 – $89.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $34.14 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $33.77 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $80.92 | $24.96 – $101.92 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $54.08 | $35.89 – $89.10 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $56.70 | $40.93 – $128.11 |