Endoluminl ivus oct c ea 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

$5,296.12

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.

$18,014.00

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.

$197.65 with HPSJ vs $18,014.00 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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $197.65 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $197.65 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $197.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $197.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $197.65 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $197.65 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $488.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3,782.94 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $3,782.94 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +13%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $8,106.30 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,808.40 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12,970.08 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,771.48 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15,131.76 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $15,131.76 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,032.46 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18,014.00 ↑ +240%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,335.81 $299.03 – $5,940.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,857.57 $197.65 – $8,832.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,604.05 $197.65 – $9,010.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,432.04 $197.65 – $3,862.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,206.96 $839.55 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,518.78 $2,699.00 – $8,018.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,504.72 $826.27 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $295.68 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00

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