CT scan for localization at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$2,672.17
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.
$9,089.00
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.
$199.48 with Kaiser vs $4,328.00 with United — 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 | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $492.72 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $908.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $908.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,320.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,320.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,320.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,947.60 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,319.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,596.80 | ↓ -3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,116.16 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,178.79 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,330.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,548.96 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,635.52 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,635.52 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,851.92 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,328.00 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,328.00 | ↑ +62% |
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CT scan for localization at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,111.21 | $301.79 – $1,978.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,476.86 | $199.48 – $2,251.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,442.51 | $199.48 – $7,423.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,405.40 | $199.48 – $9,186.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,093.99 | $2,073.13 – $2,965.08 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,464.96 | $2,416.91 – $3,094.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,116.01 | $199.48 – $4,504.50 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $898.20 | $199.48 – $2,468.00 |