CT colonography screening at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,674.92
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.
$5,697.00
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.
$291.51 with Medcore vs $4,671.54 with MultiPlan — 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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| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $291.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $308.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $342.95 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,052.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,196.37 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,196.37 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,441.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,486.98 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,486.98 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,486.98 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,486.98 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,025.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,025.39 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,025.39 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,025.39 | ↑ +21% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $2,563.65 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,330.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,418.20 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,101.84 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,671.54 | ↑ +179% |
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CT colonography screening at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $792.78 | $307.13 – $1,566.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $505.90 | $307.13 – $1,756.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $441.40 | $304.02 – $1,768.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $829.85 | $306.88 – $1,379.24 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,071.70 | $306.88 – $2,667.55 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $1,298.50 | $306.88 – $1,379.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $321.54 – $3,527.09 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $338.78 – $4,622.45 |