Liver imag w/vasclr flow 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

$1,060.17

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.

$3,606.00

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.

$172.33 with HPSJ vs $5,230.11 with Cigna — 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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $172.33 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $172.33 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $172.33 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $172.33 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $172.33 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $172.33 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $383.46 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $383.46 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $425.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $556.36 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $556.36 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $556.36 ↓ -48%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $649.15 ↓ -39%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $687.33 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -28%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $763.70 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $801.79 ↓ -24%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $821.70 ↓ -22%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,095.60 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,098.98 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,314.72 ↑ +24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,497.32 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,544.15 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,230.11 ↑ +393%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,230.11 ↑ +393%

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Liver imag w/vasclr flow at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $754.20 $107.65 – $1,090.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,302.70 $172.33 – $2,289.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,419.82 $172.33 – $3,061.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,404.51 $172.33 – $3,023.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,517.76 $698.35 – $2,035.50
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,896.00 $593.60 – $2,035.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,131.59 $172.33 – $1,183.60
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,294.20 $172.33 – $7,994.90

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