Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$167.58

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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.

$570.00

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.

$59.85 with Kaiser vs $26,377.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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|All Other Plans $59.85 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $59.85 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $128.25 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $171.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $188.10 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $205.20 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $228.00 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $233.70 ↑ +39%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $242.25 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $247.34 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $247.34 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $247.34 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $247.34 ↑ +48%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $247.34 ↑ +48%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $247.34 ↑ +48%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $256.50 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $256.50 ↑ +53%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $285.00 ↑ +70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +70%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $285.00 ↑ +70%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,459.28 ↑ +1368%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,459.28 ↑ +1368%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +2443%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +2805%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +5193%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +7925%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +15640%

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $255.36 $157.41 – $1,113.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $251.67 $173.34 – $1,271.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $175.12 $236.00 – $1,206.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $173.23 $236.00 – $1,206.45
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $342.21 $332.01 – $1,467.07
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $475.36 $146.64 – $611.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $315.18 $247.34 – $612.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $526.95 $247.34 – $3,759.33

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