Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,351.23
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.
$4,596.00
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.
$198.64 with Kaiser vs $30,595.56 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $198.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $490.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $794.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $794.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,270.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,270.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,270.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,703.25 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,704.59 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,271.00 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,336.39 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,725.20 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,103.70 | ↑ +130% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $3,217.25 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,282.81 | ↑ +143% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,406.50 | ↑ +152% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $3,785.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +230% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30,595.56 | ↑ +2164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $30,595.56 | ↑ +2164% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,695.50 | $300.53 – $13,858.31 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,729.45 | $198.64 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,700.02 | $198.64 – $15,009.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,628.76 | $1,523.74 – $4,434.05 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,973.76 | $2,274.19 – $7,512.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,057.17 | $198.64 – $3,641.20 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $6,503.40 | $198.64 – $46,769.24 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,412.86 | $198.64 – $9,522.92 |