Stress test pulmonary 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

$161.70

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.

$550.00

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.

$30.12 with Kaiser vs $323.00 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 $30.12 ↓ -81%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $30.12 ↓ -81%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $30.12 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $30.12 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $30.12 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $30.12 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $67.83 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $67.83 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $74.40 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $88.84 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $121.77 ↓ -25%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $145.35 ↓ -10%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $155.45 ↓ -4%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $164.59 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $171.09 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $182.88 ↑ +13%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +13%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $193.80 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $232.56 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $264.86 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $271.32 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|HMO $271.32 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $287.47 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $323.00 ↑ +100%

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Stress test pulmonary at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $272.34 $73.86 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $288.48 $30.12 – $660.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $264.21 $30.12 – $660.52
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $182.40 $30.12 – $392.63
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.94 $93.34 – $188.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $349.86 $105.85 – $171.12
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $154.02 $42.23 – $179.26
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $309.57 $106.10 – $106.10

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