Vein x-ray liver at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,539.68
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.
$5,237.00
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.
$479.98 with Aetna vs $30,595.56 with Cigna — 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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| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $479.98 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $479.98 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $479.98 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,057.56 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,057.56 | ↓ -31% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $2,266.20 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,021.60 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,323.76 | ↑ +116% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,625.92 | ↑ +135% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $3,795.82 | ↑ +147% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $4,019.10 | ↑ +161% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,129.52 | ↑ +168% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $4,465.67 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,532.40 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,036.00 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,036.00 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,036.00 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,036.00 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,036.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $30,595.56 | ↑ +1887% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30,595.56 | ↑ +1887% |
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Vein x-ray liver at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,595.11 | $496.94 – $13,858.31 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |