Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm 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

$155.24

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.

$528.00

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.

$74.28 with Kaiser vs $26,377.00 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.

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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 $74.28 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $74.28 ↓ -52%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $92.85 ↓ -40%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $92.85 ↓ -40%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $110.70 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $110.88 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $110.88 ↓ -29%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $117.21 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $130.23 ↓ -16%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $130.23 ↓ -16%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $237.60 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $290.87 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $316.80 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $348.48 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $380.16 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $422.40 ↑ +172%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $432.96 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $475.20 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $528.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +2645%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +3036%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +5614%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +8563%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +16891%

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Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $190.10 $56.06 – $338.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $223.42 $74.28 – $511.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $159.84 $62.09 – $235.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $204.63 $74.28 – $511.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.81 $74.28 – $413.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $189.74 $74.28 – $408.43
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $327.54 $101.04 – $412.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $203.43 $74.28 – $395.00

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