Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$326.34
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.
$1,110.00
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.
$28.15 with Kaiser vs $499.00 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 | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $60.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $60.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $104.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.79 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $125.85 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $172.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $224.55 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $242.38 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $299.40 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $359.28 | ↑ +10% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $409.18 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $419.16 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $419.16 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $444.11 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $499.00 | ↑ +53% |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $220.32 | $42.58 – $392.34 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $660.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $660.40 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $219.02 | $46.45 – $270.63 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,008.00 | not published |