Bronchial valve remov init 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

$6,833.16

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.

$11,967.00

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.

$1,196.70 with DHR vs $9,573.60 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 $1,196.70 ↓ -82%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $3,350.76 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,924.00 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,924.00 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,983.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,342.51 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,342.51 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,342.51 ↓ -7%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $7,180.20 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,616.24 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,735.91 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,214.59 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,573.60 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,573.60 ↑ +40%

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Bronchial valve remov init at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,181.97 $195.09 – $9,091.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,433.24 $195.09 – $7,403.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,396.22 $195.09 – $7,310.66
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,988.81 $195.09 – $9,590.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $295.15 – $8,367.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $195.09 – $4,684.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $195.09 – $195.09

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