Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center

2510 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1053443473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,012.24

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.

$8,778.00

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.

$877.80 with DHR vs $7,022.40 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|All Plans $877.80 ↓ -82%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $2,457.84 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,389.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,652.34 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,652.34 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,652.34 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,924.00 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,924.00 ↓ -2%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $5,266.80 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,320.16 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,407.94 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,759.06 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,022.40 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,022.40 ↑ +40%

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Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,265.86 $826.88 – $6,473.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,265.88 $826.88 – $9,767.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,907.07 $826.88 – $9,767.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,000.28 $826.88 – $6,469.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,967.93 $826.88 – $6,388.73
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,166.87 $826.88 – $8,010.09
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,422.35 $1,528.00 – $10,302.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,962.39 $216.41 – $6,056.28

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