Lso r post pnl sj-t9 pre cst 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

$264.60

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.

$900.00

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.

$101.81 with Kaiser vs $459.00 with Aetna — 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 $101.81 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $101.81 ↓ -62%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $101.81 ↓ -62%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $101.81 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $101.81 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $101.81 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $119.34 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $119.34 ↓ -55%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $183.60 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Options PPO $192.78 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $220.32 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $224.91 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $234.09 ↓ -12%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $238.68 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $252.45 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $270.81 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $316.71 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $330.48 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $376.38 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $394.74 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $422.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $431.46 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $431.46 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $436.05 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $436.05 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $459.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $459.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $459.00 ↑ +73%

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Lso r post pnl sj-t9 pre cst at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $143.04 – $464.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $417.38 $101.81 – $459.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $412.88 $101.81 – $494.70
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $571.83 $135.36 – $552.72
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $231.75 $53.82 – $224.64
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $419.25 $91.63 – $575.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $381.23 $101.81 – $575.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $317.85 $40.00 – $569.25

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