Immobilizer shldr sling med 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

$78.21

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.

$266.00

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.

$69.16 with Kaiser vs $266.00 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $69.16 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $69.16 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $69.16 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $94.74 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $94.74 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $94.74 ↑ +21%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $94.74 ↑ +21%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $94.74 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $94.74 ↑ +21%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $106.40 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $111.72 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $127.68 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $130.34 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|HMO $135.66 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $138.32 ↑ +77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $146.30 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $156.94 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $183.54 ↑ +135%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $191.52 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $218.12 ↑ +179%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $228.76 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $244.72 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $250.04 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $250.04 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $252.70 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $252.70 ↑ +223%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $266.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $266.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $266.00 ↑ +240%

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Immobilizer shldr sling med at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $22.78 $5.52 – $162.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.20 $52.52 – $198.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $109.45 $73.75 – $265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $108.27 $73.75 – $286.15
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $91.16 $40.71 – $169.92
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $36.00 $25.80 – $434.86
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $247.25 $39.00 – $473.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $224.83 $40.95 – $473.70

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