Xray place prox ext thor ao 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

$1,564.08

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.

$5,320.00

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.

$186.34 with Kaiser vs $4,362.40 with MultiPlan — 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 $186.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $186.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $186.34 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $186.34 ↓ -88%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $186.35 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $186.35 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $460.26 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $594.56 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $594.56 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $594.56 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,117.20 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,117.20 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,224.33 ↑ +42%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,394.00 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,660.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,660.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|HMO $2,660.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,660.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,048.78 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,192.00 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,830.40 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,283.77 ↑ +174%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,362.40 ↑ +179%

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Xray place prox ext thor ao at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,596.03 $281.92 – $4,623.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,295.54 $50.00 – $2,793.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,281.57 $186.34 – $2,758.68
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,004.96 $1,003.68 – $2,967.61
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,869.45 $50.00 – $3,412.20
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $271.76 $158.00 – $931.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $278.79 $50.00 – $931.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $480.00 $984.37 – $2,741.95

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