Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study 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

$259.02

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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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$881.00

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.

$44.68 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

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

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 Medicaid|> 21 $44.68 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $44.68 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $44.68 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $44.68 ↓ -83%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $55.86 ↓ -78%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $55.86 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $175.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $185.01 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $185.01 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $330.37 ↑ +28%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $396.45 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $452.82 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $528.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $634.32 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $636.25 ↑ +146%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $704.80 ↑ +172%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $722.42 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +3324%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +5092%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +10083%

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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $198.83 $6.56 – $64.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $346.92 $44.68 – $867.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $268.61 $44.68 – $579.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $265.71 $44.68 – $694.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $857.82 $139.70 – $347.12
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $577.32 $393.64 – $393.64
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $540.09 $52.20 – $157.03
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $462.06 $394.56 – $394.56

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