Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$144.06
Cash price 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.
$490.00
Gross charge 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.
$33.63 with United vs $401.80 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.63 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $33.63 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $33.63 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $35.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $57.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.19 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102.90 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $102.90 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.50 | ↑ +6% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $220.50 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $294.00 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $352.80 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $401.80 | ↑ +179% |
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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $148.05 | $33.63 – $263.64 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $27.04 | $24.00 – $24.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $27.04 | $24.00 – $24.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |