Discography cerv/thor spine 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

$1,992.74

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.

$6,778.00

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.

$144.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $18,766.86 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $144.11 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $144.11 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $144.11 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $144.11 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $144.11 ↓ -93%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $144.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $279.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $279.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $279.51 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $355.95 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $704.97 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $704.97 ↓ -65%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,510.65 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,014.20 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,215.62 ↑ +11%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $2,355.00 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,417.04 ↑ +21%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $2,493.53 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,752.74 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,770.59 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,021.30 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,357.00 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,357.00 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,357.00 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,357.00 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|HMO $3,357.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18,766.86 ↑ +842%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18,766.86 ↑ +842%

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Discography cerv/thor spine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,985.90 $218.03 – $8,500.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,076.47 $144.11 – $8,254.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,670.00 $144.11 – $2,158.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,817.70 $144.11 – $9,704.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,644.12 $144.11 – $9,206.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,615.61 $144.11 – $9,206.42
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,967.56 $144.11 – $3,529.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,360.70 $144.11 – $28,687.56

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