Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac 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

$949.62

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.

$3,230.00

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.

$201.04 with Kaiser vs $6,897.00 with Health Net — 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 Medicaid|> 21 $201.04 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $201.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $201.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $201.04 ↓ -79%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $201.04 ↓ -79%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $201.04 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $496.57 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $678.30 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $678.30 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,073.67 ↑ +13%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,136.83 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,263.14 ↑ +33%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,615.00 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,325.60 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,648.60 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $2,713.20 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,713.20 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,874.70 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +229%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +232%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +232%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +232%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +237%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,230.00 ↑ +240%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +341%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +350%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +533%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +536%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +626%

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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $1,189.00 – $1,189.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,856.62 $1,191.92 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,523.68 $201.04 – $3,488.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,354.76 $201.04 – $3,386.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $830.67 $201.04 – $1,791.20
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,960.80 $966.94 – $5,171.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $724.80 $966.94 – $4,188.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,094.24 $966.94 – $4,971.00

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