Brain flow imaging only 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

$495.10

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.

$1,684.00

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.

$57.69 with Kaiser vs $5,230.11 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 $57.69 ↓ -88%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $57.69 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $57.69 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $57.69 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $57.69 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $57.69 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $142.49 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $177.03 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $177.03 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $379.35 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $386.09 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $505.43 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $505.43 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $505.43 ↑ +2%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $505.80 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $529.19 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $606.96 ↑ +23%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $649.15 ↑ +31%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $687.33 ↑ +39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $691.26 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $743.56 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
United Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $763.70 ↑ +54%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $763.70 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $843.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $843.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|HMO $843.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $843.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,230.11 ↑ +956%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,230.11 ↑ +956%

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Brain flow imaging only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $57.69 – $3,349.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,952.38 $57.69 – $2,046.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $57.69 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $663.35 $57.69 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $656.20 $57.69 – $2,565.73
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $512.71 $78.46 – $645.82
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $996.01 $57.69 – $886.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $805.95 $57.69 – $7,994.90

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