Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst 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

$1,461.18

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.

$4,970.00

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.

$587.86 with Kaiser vs $2,261.00 with Aetna — 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|All Other Plans $587.86 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $587.86 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $587.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $631.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $631.00 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $631.00 ↓ -57%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $631.00 ↓ -57%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $631.00 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $631.00 ↓ -57%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $904.40 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $949.62 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,085.28 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,107.89 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $1,153.11 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,175.72 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,243.55 ↓ -15%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,333.99 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,560.09 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,627.92 ↑ +11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,854.02 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.46 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,080.12 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,125.34 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,125.34 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $2,147.95 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,147.95 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,261.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,261.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,261.00 ↑ +55%

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Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $954.64 – $3,831.36
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $433.57 $506.50 – $992.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $397.10 $192.47 – $992.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,634.10 $631.00 – $2,907.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,605.70 $631.00 – $3,133.10
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,782.13 $858.16 – $3,504.48
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,462.60 $297.16 – $1,240.32
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,300.13 $521.95 – $4,033.25

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