Kidney imaging morphology 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

$2,458.14

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.

$8,361.00

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.

$111.73 with Kaiser vs $6,856.02 with MultiPlan — 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 Medicaid|< 21 $111.73 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $111.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $111.73 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $111.73 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $111.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $111.73 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $275.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $477.87 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $477.87 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $477.87 ↓ -81%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $484.60 ↓ -80%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $513.11 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $570.12 ↓ -77%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $570.12 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $798.62 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,094.63 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,538.04 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,755.81 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,755.81 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,762.45 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,028.90 ↑ +64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,028.90 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,016.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,019.92 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,856.02 ↑ +179%

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Kidney imaging morphology at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $403.27 $80.37 – $582.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,864.47 $111.73 – $1,986.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $327.60 $111.73 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.07 $111.73 – $1,976.45
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $556.20 $111.73 – $508.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,960.10 $111.73 – $6,158.70
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,203.33 $111.73 – $4,313.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $636.65 $269.48 – $1,439.81

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