Dch pulmonary stress test at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$216.68
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.
$737.00
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.
$114.30 with Kaiser vs $737.00 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 | $114.30 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.30 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.30 | ↓ -47% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.88 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $142.88 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $154.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $154.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $331.65 | ↑ +53% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $375.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $397.63 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $441.81 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $442.20 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $447.61 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $453.45 | ↑ +109% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $530.64 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $604.34 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $619.08 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $619.08 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $621.52 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $655.93 | ↑ +203% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $737.00 | ↑ +240% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $737.00 | ↑ +240% |
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Dch pulmonary stress test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $888.53 | $114.30 – $2,034.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $813.80 | $114.30 – $2,034.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $331.66 | $114.30 – $637.56 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $421.40 | $114.30 – $980.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,110.55 | $279.65 – $887.89 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $564.44 | $98.89 – $1,709.80 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $449.08 | $98.89 – $1,648.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $801.34 | $98.89 – $1,689.20 |