Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

$7,794.53

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.

$26,512.00

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.

$393.89 with Kaiser vs $10,136.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $393.89 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $393.89 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $393.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $393.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $393.89 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $393.89 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $972.91 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $2,128.56 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $2,128.56 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↓ -60%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4,143.10 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $4,603.45 ↓ -41%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $5,068.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,053.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,053.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,053.00 ↓ -22%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,081.60 ↓ -22%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,297.92 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,531.00 ↓ -3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,311.52 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,514.24 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $8,514.24 ↑ +9%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,556.00 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,021.04 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,771.00 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,858.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,136.00 ↑ +30%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,333.24 – $4,333.24
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,874.55 $595.91 – $7,471.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,059.82 $4,129.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,105.19 $393.89 – $11,239.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $14,042.61 $393.89 – $8,127.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,675.78 $393.89 – $10,584.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,917.39 $393.89 – $8,447.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,875.16 $393.89 – $8,341.61

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