Bone marrow imaging body 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

$526.26

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.

$1,790.00

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.

$187.95 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $187.95 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $187.95 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $402.75 ↓ -23%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $484.60 ↓ -8%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $513.11 ↓ -2%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $537.00 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
United Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +8%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $570.12 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $590.70 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $644.40 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $655.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $655.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $655.00 ↑ +24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $733.90 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $805.50 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $895.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,028.90 ↑ +666%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,028.90 ↑ +666%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $821.69 $506.52 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,444.66 $80.37 – $2,088.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $705.28 $510.57 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.67 $221.97 – $1,976.45
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,408.18 $228.70 – $1,773.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,057.81 $193.38 – $884.54
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,557.83 $329.98 – $5,762.14
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $507.31 $210.20 – $1,364.43

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