Echo exam of fetal heart at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$512.45
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,743.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$82.58 with Kaiser vs $1,429.26 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $119.35 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $119.35 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $119.35 | ↓ -77% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $128.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.79 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $150.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $203.97 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $233.86 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $320.54 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $366.03 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $366.03 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $450.39 | ↓ -12% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $784.35 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,045.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,163.63 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,163.63 | ↑ +127% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,254.96 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,429.26 | ↑ +179% |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $554.69 | $82.58 – $1,221.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $444.53 | $82.58 – $794.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $652.96 | $82.58 – $1,408.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $645.92 | $82.58 – $1,390.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $321.30 | $145.47 – $209.05 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $351.84 | $114.29 – $248.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $186.72 | $57.60 – $240.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $933.18 | $82.58 – $603.48 |