Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$526.85

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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.

$1,792.00

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.

$107.65 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -80%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $107.65 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -80%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $265.90 ↓ -50%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $291.51 ↓ -45%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $308.65 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $324.24 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $324.24 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -35%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $342.95 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $666.75 ↑ +27%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $694.80 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $913.88 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $926.40 ↑ +76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,111.68 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,235.20 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,266.08 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,284.08 ↑ +144%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +709%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +824%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +1584%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +2453%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +4907%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $382.38 $162.86 – $680.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $388.22 $21.73 – $123.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $724.20 $321.54 – $554.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $767.84 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $165.17 $64.16 – $243.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $703.25 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $505.31 $107.65 – $1,000.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $609.96 $107.65 – $987.50

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