Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$72.92

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.

$248.00

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.

$29.54 with Medcore vs $28,686.00 with United — 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $29.54 ↓ -59%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $31.27 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $34.75 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $34.75 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $52.08 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $52.08 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $62.28 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $62.28 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.28 ↓ -15%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $111.60 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $161.20 ↑ +121%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $178.56 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $200.88 ↑ +175%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $203.36 ↑ +179%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $684.00 ↑ +838%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $893.00 ↑ +1125%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,123.00 ↑ +1440%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,123.00 ↑ +1440%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +12685%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +18342%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +39239%

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.55 $31.12 – $284.24
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $95.04 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $53.69 $16.56 – $67.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $160.68 $30.21 – $745.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $77.40 $33.65 – $670.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $55.59 $32.18 – $417.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $57.52 $13.14 – $19,277.00

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