Myelography neck spine at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,308.89
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.
$4,452.00
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.
$125.58 with Kaiser 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.
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 | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $217.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $217.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $310.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $311.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $311.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $311.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $466.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $621.60 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $683.76 | ↓ -48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $745.92 | ↓ -43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $849.52 | ↓ -35% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $880.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $932.40 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $932.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $1,036.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,646.41 | ↑ +484% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,646.41 | ↑ +484% |
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Myelography neck spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $844.47 | $189.99 – $3,463.45 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,375.63 | $144.46 – $2,034.09 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,421.08 | $807.98 – $1,393.90 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,277.76 | $570.12 – $1,865.27 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,972.45 | $125.58 – $873.40 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $2,306.70 | $125.58 – $11,688.52 |