Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$321.93

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.

$1,095.00

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.

$47.10 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $1,163.63 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
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $47.10 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $47.10 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $47.10 ↓ -85%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $47.10 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $47.10 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $47.10 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $116.34 ↓ -64%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $128.25 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $128.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $128.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $128.51 ↓ -60%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $135.79 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $150.88 ↓ -53%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $150.88 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $229.95 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $229.95 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -24%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $492.75 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $554.18 ↑ +72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $657.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $759.59 ↑ +136%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $788.40 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $897.90 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,067.28 ↑ +232%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,163.63 ↑ +261%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,163.63 ↑ +261%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $503.81 $21.27 – $744.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $437.07 $140.89 – $460.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,341.99 $5.18 – $20.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $115.76 $47.10 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $114.51 $47.10 – $570.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $961.35 $148.44 – $603.82
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $112.71 $129.38 – $263.41
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $271.83 $145.47 – $495.39

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