Mayo factor x 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

$8.24

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.

$28.00

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.

$5.19 with Kaiser vs $104.90 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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $5.19 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $5.19 ↓ -37%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $11.11 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.81 ↑ +80%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $15.21 ↑ +85%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $15.21 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15.55 ↑ +89%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $16.11 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.29 ↑ +98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.77 ↑ +116%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $19.26 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.24 ↑ +146%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|HMO $21.48 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.48 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $22.22 ↑ +170%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $22.82 ↑ +177%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.82 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.82 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.82 ↑ +177%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $22.82 ↑ +177%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.82 ↑ +177%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.68 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.68 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.68 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.68 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $104.90 ↑ +1173%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $104.90 ↑ +1173%

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Mayo factor x at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $15.99 $2.47 – $19.75
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.81 $6.67 – $47.51
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $41.12 $3.58 – $66.93
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.87 $17.54 – $146.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.58 $12.34 – $46.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.44 $13.36 – $24.19
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.97 $6.67 – $54.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.39 $12.34 – $51.46

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