Gastroesophageal reflux 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

$261.37

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$889.00

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.

$111.51 with Kaiser vs $4,028.90 with Cigna — 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

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|All Other Plans $111.51 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $111.51 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $155.12 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $155.12 ↓ -41%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $155.12 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $155.12 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $155.12 ↓ -41%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $155.12 ↓ -41%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $238.95 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $318.60 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $350.46 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $382.32 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $383.15 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $435.42 ↑ +67%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $451.35 ↑ +73%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $477.90 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $477.90 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $531.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $531.00 ↑ +103%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|HMO $531.00 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Options PPO $531.00 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $531.00 ↑ +103%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $531.00 ↑ +103%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $531.00 ↑ +103%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $531.00 ↑ +103%
United Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↑ +118%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,028.90 ↑ +1441%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,028.90 ↑ +1441%

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Gastroesophageal reflux study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $911.04 $234.68 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $890.42 $80.37 – $1,287.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,008.66 $155.12 – $2,778.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $349.86 $155.12 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $346.09 $155.12 – $1,976.45
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $525.30 $155.12 – $483.69
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,557.00 $155.12 – $6,158.70
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $805.76 $155.12 – $2,888.00

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