CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast 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

$3,469.79

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.

$11,802.00

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.

$214.68 with Medcore vs $3,330.00 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $214.68 ↓ -94%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $227.31 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $252.57 ↓ -93%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $252.57 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $295.89 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $295.89 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $295.89 ↓ -91%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $295.89 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $295.89 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $295.89 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $563.22 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $563.22 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $730.85 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,043.19 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,043.19 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,043.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,052.00 ↓ -70%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,206.90 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,441.00 ↓ -58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,609.20 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,931.04 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,025.00 ↓ -42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,199.24 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,330.00 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,330.00 ↓ -4%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,618.41 $226.19 – $2,882.10
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,248.76 $35.60 – $2,155.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,811.23 $236.37 – $1,640.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,197.12 $226.19 – $2,284.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,540.46 $295.89 – $2,038.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,170.51 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,456.55 $226.19 – $3,140.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,440.85 $226.19 – $3,101.54

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