Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) 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

$2,356.41

Cash price

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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.

$8,015.00

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.

$193.06 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26,377.00 with United — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $193.06 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $193.06 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $193.06 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $193.06 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $241.32 ↓ -90%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $241.32 ↓ -90%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $291.51 ↓ -88%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $308.65 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -85%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $342.95 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $504.84 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $504.84 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $755.99 ↓ -68%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,081.80 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,250.68 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,442.40 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,714.24 ↓ -27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,730.88 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,923.20 ↓ -18%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,971.28 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,404.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,459.28 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,459.28 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,870.00 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|HMO $26,377.00 ↑ +1019%

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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,794.05 $237.46 – $3,194.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $757.50 $48.34 – $1,212.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,355.07 $321.54 – $1,039.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $775.54 $193.06 – $1,537.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,227.11 $193.06 – $1,721.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,060.36 $193.06 – $1,324.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $851.45 $193.06 – $1,836.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $842.27 $193.06 – $1,813.05

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