Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$2,624.84
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.
$8,928.00
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.
$108.34 with Kaiser vs $8,422.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.60 | ↓ -90% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $952.80 | ↓ -64% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,008.85 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,073.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,073.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $1,120.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $2,557.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,068.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↑ +22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,682.08 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,193.48 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,295.76 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,295.76 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,551.46 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,114.00 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,038.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,897.00 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↑ +221% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $1,055.14 – $1,055.14 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $891.77 | $163.91 – $1,859.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,533.06 | $1,056.42 – $2,695.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,009.01 | $108.34 – $2,522.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $108.34 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $108.34 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,162.29 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |