Esoph imped function test 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

$227.85

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.

$775.00

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.

$134.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,004.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $134.22 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $134.22 ↓ -41%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $134.22 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $134.22 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $134.22 ↓ -41%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $134.22 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $162.75 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $162.75 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $331.52 ↑ +45%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $375.54 ↑ +65%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $387.50 ↑ +70%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $397.63 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +94%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $441.81 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $465.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $511.50 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $558.00 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $635.50 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $651.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $651.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $689.75 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $697.50 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $775.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $775.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +1771%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +2036%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +4291%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +4291%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +4291%

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Esoph imped function test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $356.10 $203.06 – $702.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $332.13 $134.22 – $760.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $304.20 $134.22 – $760.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $356.91 $134.22 – $769.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $353.06 $134.22 – $759.98
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $366.17 $134.22 – $703.89
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $398.70 $134.22 – $1,339.08
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $304.67 $134.22 – $1,092.00

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