Inj proc myelogram lumbar at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,304.19
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.
$4,436.00
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.
$101.68 with Kaiser vs $8,422.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.68 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.68 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.37 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $104.37 | ↓ -92% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $248.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $298.20 | ↓ -77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $357.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $395.89 | ↓ -70% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $407.54 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $417.48 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $417.48 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $442.33 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $497.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↑ +236% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↑ +360% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↑ +546% |
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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $162.50 | $100.17 – $289.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $373.23 | $146.21 – $693.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,088.34 | $464.59 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $353.53 | $101.68 – $753.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,349.65 | $101.68 – $1,360.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $330.46 | $101.68 – $785.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $201.83 | $101.68 – $484.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $199.65 | $101.68 – $538.56 |