Tilt table study at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$621.23
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.
$2,113.00
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.
$219.66 with Kaiser vs $28,686.00 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.
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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| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $219.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $219.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $470.70 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $627.60 | ↑ +1% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $639.90 | ↑ +3% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $677.54 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $752.82 | ↑ +21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $753.12 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $847.26 | ↑ +36% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $857.72 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,589.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,074.00 | ↑ +717% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,794.00 | ↑ +833% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,323.00 | ↑ +1401% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,448.00 | ↑ +2065% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $28,686.00 | ↑ +4518% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tilt table study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,588.63 | $674.18 – $2,829.06 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $4,659.20 | not published |