Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$78.21

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.

$266.00

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.

$5.98 with Health Net vs $23.00 with Aetna — 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
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $5.98 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $5.98 ↓ -92%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $9.20 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.66 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.04 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.27 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $11.73 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11.96 ↓ -85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.65 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13.57 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.87 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.56 ↓ -79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.86 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.78 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.16 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.62 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.62 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $21.85 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.85 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $23.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $23.00 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.00 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $23.00 ↓ -71%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -71%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $23.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.00 ↓ -71%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $152.87 $63.84 – $207.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $55.95 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $67.63 $11.50 – $23.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $61.94 $4.37 – $23.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $109.45 $6.25 – $25.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $108.27 $6.25 – $25.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $55.95 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $47.55 not published

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