Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest 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

$878.18

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.

$2,987.00

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.

$119.18 with Kaiser vs $1,494.00 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.

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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 Medicaid|> 21 $119.18 ↓ -86%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $119.18 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $119.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $119.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $119.18 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $119.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $194.64 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $194.64 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $194.64 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $294.37 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $313.74 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $313.74 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $363.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $498.03 ↓ -43%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $672.30 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $699.77 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $896.40 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,075.68 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,225.08 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.96 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $1,254.96 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,329.66 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,494.00 ↑ +70%

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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $655.20 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $180.90 $111.51 – $322.14
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $655.20 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $655.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $655.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $478.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $478.40 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $655.20 not published

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