Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil 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

$1,697.56

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.

$5,774.00

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.

$177.29 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,897.00 with Health Net — 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 $177.29 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $177.29 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $177.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $177.29 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $221.61 ↓ -87%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $221.61 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $588.63 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $588.63 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $690.32 ↓ -59%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,073.67 ↓ -37%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,136.83 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,263.14 ↓ -26%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,401.50 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,681.80 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,018.16 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,298.46 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $2,354.52 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,354.52 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,494.67 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,803.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +254%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +256%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +306%

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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $1,189.00 – $1,189.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,464.24 $218.07 – $2,607.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,529.25 $177.29 – $3,501.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,466.54 $89.00 – $337.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,400.62 $177.29 – $3,501.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,251.60 $177.29 – $2,112.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $968.88 $177.29 – $2,085.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,021.06 $1,255.83 – $6,200.00

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