Recon, cta for surg plan 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

$476.87

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.

$1,622.00

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.

$60.27 with Kaiser vs $3,330.00 with Cigna — 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $60.27 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $60.27 ↓ -87%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $129.15 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $172.20 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $189.42 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $206.64 ↓ -57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $235.34 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $241.08 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $241.08 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $255.43 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $258.30 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $287.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $287.00 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,330.00 ↑ +598%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,330.00 ↑ +598%

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Recon, cta for surg plan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,795.80 $1,107.00 – $3,198.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $368.30 $54.59 – $206.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $415.52 $560.00 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $411.04 $560.00 – $1,130.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $624.18 $166.20 – $548.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $501.71 – $2,410.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $761.27 – $3,045.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $3,454.13 – $3,454.13

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