Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose 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

$1,198.35

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.

$4,076.00

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.

$855.96 with Kaiser vs $5,772.72 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|Affiliated Payers $855.96 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $855.96 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,254.61 ↑ +5%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,328.41 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,476.01 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,716.53 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $1,716.53 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,716.53 ↑ +43%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,834.20 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,445.60 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,649.40 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,760.22 ↑ +130%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,934.72 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,342.32 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,668.40 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,076.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,772.72 ↑ +382%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,772.72 ↑ +382%

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Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,512.20 $1,321.83 – $3,260.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,495.90 $1,321.83 – $3,220.04
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,099.14 $1,321.83 – $3,831.44
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $800.74 $412.75 – $1,651.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,206.53 $925.25 – $2,960.80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,859.19 $656.81 – $4,955.93
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,649.69 $1,288.04 – $4,210.90
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,274.83 $1,289.16 – $4,776.80

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