Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$41.46

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.

$141.00

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.

$29.61 with Kaiser vs $794.68 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 $29.61 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $29.61 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $63.45 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $84.60 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $93.06 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.52 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $115.62 ↑ +179%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $119.85 ↑ +189%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $126.90 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $126.90 ↑ +206%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $141.00 ↑ +240%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $141.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $141.00 ↑ +240%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $141.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $141.00 ↑ +240%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|HMO $141.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Options PPO $141.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $141.00 ↑ +240%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $141.00 ↑ +240%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $141.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $141.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $141.00 ↑ +240%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $141.00 ↑ +240%
United Medicare|All Plans $243.13 ↑ +486%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $243.13 ↑ +486%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $794.68 ↑ +1817%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $794.68 ↑ +1817%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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