Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$4,619.33

Cash price

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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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$15,712.00

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.

$391.93 with HPSJ vs $6,488.66 with MultiPlan — 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 $391.93 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $391.93 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $391.93 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $391.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $391.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $391.93 ↓ -92%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $649.15 ↓ -86%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $687.33 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $763.70 ↓ -83%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $763.70 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $968.07 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,278.07 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,278.07 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,278.07 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,661.73 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,661.73 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,266.57 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,106.67 ↓ -33%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,560.85 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,365.12 ↓ -6%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,747.80 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,230.11 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,230.11 ↑ +13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,697.36 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,488.66 ↑ +40%

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,546.58 $592.95 – $2,754.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,966.03 $107.65 – $2,842.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,328.88 $731.71 – $1,884.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,525.40 $391.93 – $3,038.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,311.69 $391.93 – $2,637.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,159.54 $391.93 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $621.06 $391.93 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $614.36 $391.93 – $2,565.73

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