Contrast x-ray of brain at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,409.44
Cash price 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.
$4,794.00
Gross charge 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.
$127.68 with Kaiser vs $7,646.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $217.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $217.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $275.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $275.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $275.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $315.37 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $381.99 | ↓ -73% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $466.20 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $523.58 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $621.60 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $735.67 | ↓ -48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $745.92 | ↓ -47% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $849.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $880.60 | ↓ -38% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $932.40 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $1,036.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,646.41 | ↑ +443% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,646.41 | ↑ +443% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,464.54 | $127.68 – $639.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $127.68 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $117.49 – $3,751.09 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $772.50 | $102.36 – $756.80 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $538.75 | $118.38 – $2,379.96 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,833.60 | $481.18 – $1,865.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $956.16 | $470.88 – $1,865.27 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $773.50 | $222.16 – $3,834.71 |