Special radiation dosimetry 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

$419.54

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.

$1,427.00

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.

$59.93 with Aetna vs $15,595.00 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
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.93 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $59.93 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $59.93 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $76.60 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $76.60 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $76.60 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $76.60 ↓ -82%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $76.60 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $76.60 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $144.96 ↓ -65%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $160.11 ↓ -62%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $169.53 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $188.37 ↓ -55%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $188.37 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $189.20 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $198.69 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $279.17 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $299.67 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $299.67 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $642.15 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $856.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,027.44 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,170.14 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,427.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|HMO $1,427.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,427.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,427.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,595.00 ↑ +3617%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,595.00 ↑ +3617%

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Special radiation dosimetry at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $692.04 $62.10 – $1,374.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $243.11 $76.60 – $11,311.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $458.49 $152.31 – $190.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $359.55 $172.72 – $172.87
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $253.47 $129.58 – $190.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $312.00 $109.90 – $319.81
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $218.36 $76.60 – $424.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $291.56 $27.75 – $1,045.00

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