Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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

$1,369.16

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,657.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$111.72 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26,377.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $111.72 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $111.72 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $111.72 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $111.72 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $139.65 ↓ -90%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $139.65 ↓ -90%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $188.69 ↓ -86%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $199.79 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -84%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $221.99 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $437.49 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $780.57 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $977.97 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $977.97 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,069.90 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,492.21 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,492.21 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,503.29 ↑ +10%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,095.65 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,794.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,353.04 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,725.60 ↑ +172%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,818.74 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +548%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +882%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +1827%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $700.80 $137.42 – $1,111.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $402.99 $31.29 – $429.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $700.23 $290.98 – $648.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $566.25 $111.72 – $1,168.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,565.44 $111.72 – $473.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $406.12 $111.72 – $771.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $330.57 $111.72 – $732.03
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $327.00 $111.72 – $732.03

All California hospitals for this procedure →