Injection for arthrography wrist (both sides) at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,128.38
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.
$3,838.00
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.
$208.91 with Kaiser vs $6,009.00 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 | $208.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $208.91 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $208.91 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $208.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.13 | ↓ -77% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $261.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $391.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $391.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $813.42 | ↓ -28% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $932.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,118.40 | ↓ -1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,342.08 | ↑ +19% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,528.48 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,565.76 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,565.76 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,658.96 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,864.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +279% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +433% |
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Injection for arthrography wrist (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $179.58 | $110.70 – $410.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $256.82 | $134.48 – $318.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $991.95 | $390.55 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $606.05 | $208.91 – $1,291.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,741.59 | $208.91 – $1,120.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $205.41 | $123.93 – $449.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $195.15 | $208.91 – $526.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $193.05 | $208.91 – $526.00 |