Eeg without vid ea 12-26hr cont 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

$371.33

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.

$1,263.00

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.

$265.23 with Kaiser vs $26,377.00 with United — 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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $265.23 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $265.23 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $568.35 ↑ +53%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $639.90 ↑ +72%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $677.54 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
United Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $752.82 ↑ +103%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $752.82 ↑ +103%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $757.80 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $833.58 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $909.36 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,010.40 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,023.18 ↑ +176%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,035.66 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,136.70 ↑ +206%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,263.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,263.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +2289%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +3522%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +7003%

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Eeg without vid ea 12-26hr cont at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $821.10 $143.80 – $1,150.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.50 $502.87 – $1,366.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.40 $674.18 – $1,807.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $663.17 $674.18 – $1,807.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,278.57 $529.83 – $1,727.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,638.63 $479.94 – $1,958.82
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,296.93 $1,963.39 – $1,963.39
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,564.28 $519.24 – $1,469.55

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