Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$2,539.28

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.

$8,637.00

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.

$116.06 with Kaiser vs $4,028.90 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 $116.06 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $116.06 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $286.67 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $452.42 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $452.42 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $452.42 ↓ -82%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $484.60 ↓ -81%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $513.11 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -78%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $570.12 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $684.14 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $906.78 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $906.78 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $937.71 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,317.56 ↓ -48%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,943.10 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,590.80 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,108.96 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,540.76 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,028.90 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,028.90 ↑ +59%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $383.25 $175.58 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,284.97 $80.37 – $1,857.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,815.09 $538.74 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,037.71 $116.06 – $4,057.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,399.93 $116.06 – $2,195.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $116.06 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $526.82 $116.06 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $521.14 $116.06 – $1,976.45

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