Dilate ic vasospasm init 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

$892.88

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.

$3,037.00

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.

$637.77 with Kaiser vs $14,425.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $637.77 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $637.77 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,518.50 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,822.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,186.64 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,490.34 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,551.08 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $2,551.08 ↑ +186%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,702.93 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,037.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,495.00 ↑ +739%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,654.00 ↑ +869%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +1020%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +1020%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +1020%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10,267.00 ↑ +1050%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,328.00 ↑ +1169%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,425.00 ↑ +1516%

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Dilate ic vasospasm init at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $623.72 $384.48 – $1,181.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,171.84 $593.51 – $3,161.07
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $6,840.48 $4,666.00 – $13,634.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,103.45 $611.50 – $3,909.22
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,600.11 $517.07 – $3,075.93
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $10,203.87 $598.01 – $36,573.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $10,371.20 $1,807.00 – $7,764.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $21,684.96 $4,932.00 – $17,015.00

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