Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$199.85

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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.

$350.00

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.

$28.90 with DHR vs $271.63 with Kaiser — 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 $28.90 ↓ -86%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $80.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $97.86 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $132.30 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $144.50 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $153.17 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $153.17 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $153.17 ↓ -23%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $173.40 ↓ -13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $208.08 ↑ +4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $210.97 ↑ +6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $222.53 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $231.20 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $231.20 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $271.63 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $271.63 ↑ +36%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $157.88 $16.78 – $684.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $394.64 $28.01 – $546.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $433.50 $115.41 – $301.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $18.30 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $259.74 $20.84 – $370.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $272.44 $18.30 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $335.02 $20.84 – $794.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $331.41 $20.84 – $12,607.00

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