Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$523.32

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.

$1,780.00

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.

$35.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $864.52 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $35.27 ↓ -93%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $35.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.85 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $77.85 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $77.85 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $79.80 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $79.80 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $87.09 ↓ -83%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $106.19 ↓ -80%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $112.44 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $124.93 ↓ -76%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $124.93 ↓ -76%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $171.00 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $228.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $250.80 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $273.60 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $311.60 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $342.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $380.00 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $864.52 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $864.52 ↑ +65%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $363.98 $53.35 – $648.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $329.90 $17.61 – $511.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,104.15 $117.28 – $230.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $716.05 $35.26 – $1,493.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $580.76 $35.26 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $521.36 $35.26 – $1,303.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $35.26 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $35.26 – $733.12

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