MRI breast without cont bi 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

$1,526.75

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.

$5,193.00

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.

$214.07 with HPSJ vs $4,941.00 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 $214.07 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $214.07 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $214.07 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $214.07 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $214.07 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $214.07 ↓ -86%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $291.51 ↓ -81%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $308.65 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $342.95 ↓ -78%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $342.95 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $517.79 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $528.75 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,090.53 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,090.53 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,141.35 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,141.35 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,141.35 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,622.29 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $2,223.60 ↑ +46%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,336.85 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,115.80 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,124.32 ↑ +105%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,738.96 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,258.26 ↑ +179%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,941.00 ↑ +224%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,941.00 ↑ +224%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $307.13 – $3,814.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,241.96 $48.34 – $1,733.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,581.89 $214.07 – $3,294.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $214.07 – $3,829.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,263.81 $214.07 – $2,111.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,849.59 $338.78 – $1,767.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,839.28 $306.88 – $1,932.98
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,031.95 $332.01 – $1,450.17

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