Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 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

$1,325.30

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.

$2,321.00

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.

$232.10 with DHR vs $1,856.80 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 $232.10 ↓ -82%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $649.88 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,160.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,230.13 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,230.13 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,230.13 ↓ -7%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,392.60 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,671.12 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,694.33 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,787.17 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,856.80 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,856.80 ↑ +40%

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Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $672.97 $73.15 – $1,922.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $930.10 $83.94 – $2,030.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $920.07 $83.94 – $2,481.93
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,565.34 $99.48 – $1,971.76
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,314.28 $83.94 – $2,526.48
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $809.67 $61.46 – $2,452.65
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,003.86 $116.31 – $1,940.40
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $644.19 $61.46 – $2,364.00

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