Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$103.49

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.

$352.00

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.

$36.69 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 Medicaid|< 21 $36.69 ↓ -65%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $36.69 ↓ -65%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $36.69 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $36.69 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $36.69 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $36.69 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $73.92 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $73.92 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $90.62 ↓ -12%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $158.40 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $211.20 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $232.32 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $253.44 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $281.60 ↑ +172%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $288.64 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $316.80 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $352.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +8471%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +12894%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +25387%

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.89 $36.69 – $161.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $246.96 $36.69 – $617.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.66 $36.69 – $268.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $123.32 $36.69 – $336.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,432.08 $101.97 – $392.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,491.75 $445.46 – $445.46
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,193.40 $446.50 – $446.50
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $309.12 $523.04 – $523.04

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