Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$1,016.95

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.

$3,459.00

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.

$161.97 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,646.41 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $161.97 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $161.97 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $161.97 ↓ -84%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $161.97 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $161.97 ↓ -84%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $161.97 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $363.30 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $363.30 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $400.07 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $466.18 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $466.18 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $466.18 ↓ -54%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $778.50 ↓ -23%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $952.80 ↓ -6%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,008.85 ↓ -1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,038.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,120.94 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,141.80 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,245.60 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,418.60 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,557.00 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,609.16 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,609.16 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,609.16 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|HMO $1,609.16 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,730.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,646.41 ↑ +652%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,646.41 ↑ +652%

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $752.05 $245.04 – $3,463.45
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,491.09 $158.01 – $2,204.81
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,516.15 $161.97 – $931.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,362.69 $161.97 – $3,751.09
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,348.00 $161.97 – $3,751.09
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,656.48 $853.64 – $1,865.27
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,094.65 $276.46 – $1,378.86
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,045.07 $161.97 – $1,708.92

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