Lumbar diskogram s&i at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,992.74
Cash price 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.
$6,778.00
Gross charge 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.
$125.48 with HPSJ vs $18,766.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $275.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $275.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $275.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $309.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $704.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $704.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,510.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,014.20 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,193.40 | ↑ +10% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $2,355.00 | ↑ +18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,417.04 | ↑ +21% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $2,493.53 | ↑ +25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,752.74 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $2,770.59 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,006.38 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $18,766.86 | ↑ +842% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,766.86 | ↑ +842% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,985.90 | $189.84 – $8,500.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,076.47 | $125.48 – $8,254.75 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,670.00 | $125.48 – $2,158.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,817.70 | $125.48 – $9,704.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,644.12 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,615.61 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,149.44 | $504.09 – $4,646.33 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,967.56 | $125.48 – $3,529.00 |