Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$986.96

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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.

$3,357.00

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.

$322.77 with Kaiser vs $6,009.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $322.77 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $322.77 ↓ -67%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $768.50 ↓ -22%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $835.17 ↓ -15%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $884.29 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $922.20 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $982.55 ↓ -0%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $982.55 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↑ +0%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,106.64 ↑ +12%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $1,158.00 ↑ +17%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $1,158.00 ↑ +17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,260.34 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,291.08 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|HMO $1,291.08 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,367.93 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,537.00 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +216%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +333%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +414%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +487%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +509%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $334.20 $206.01 – $1,526.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,184.28 $879.92 – $2,277.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,622.71 $1,018.77 – $3,859.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,052.13 $612.63 – $2,223.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $659.64 $460.62 – $1,364.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $652.53 $460.62 – $1,347.74
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,314.05 $72.24 – $294.98
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $929.06 $245.19 – $817.30

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