Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$89.38

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.

$304.00

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.

$63.84 with Kaiser vs $15,595.00 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 $63.84 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $63.84 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $109.00 ↑ +22%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $132.06 ↑ +48%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $136.80 ↑ +53%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $139.82 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $149.40 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $153.09 ↑ +71%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $153.09 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $153.09 ↑ +71%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $153.09 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $153.09 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $153.09 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
United Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $155.36 ↑ +74%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $155.36 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $167.08 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $167.08 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $167.08 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $182.40 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $209.92 ↑ +135%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $218.88 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $249.28 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|Options PPO $304.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $304.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|HMO $304.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $304.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $304.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,595.00 ↑ +17348%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,595.00 ↑ +17348%

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