Helicoll, per square cm at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,043.70
Cash price 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.
$3,550.00
Gross charge 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.
$237.60 with United vs $3,550.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $237.60 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $923.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $923.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $923.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,063.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,063.74 | ↑ +2% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,171.50 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,171.50 | ↑ +12% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,420.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,846.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,952.50 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,094.50 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,307.50 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,491.63 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,491.63 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,491.63 | ↑ +139% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.00 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,911.00 | ↑ +179% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,053.00 | ↑ +193% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,195.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,266.00 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,550.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,550.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,550.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,550.00 | ↑ +240% |
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Helicoll, per square cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,462.60 | $237.60 – $2,726.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $167.70 – $1,646.85 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $176.69 – $1,782.64 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $160.06 – $2,126.39 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $167.67 – $4,199.05 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $2,131.60 – $3,281.86 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $173.16 – $1,770.61 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $136.05 – $692.62 |