Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,573.20
Cash price 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.
$5,351.00
Gross charge 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.
$89.85 with HPSJ vs $8,422.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $89.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $103.10 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $103.10 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $103.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $103.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $279.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $359.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $359.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $856.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,027.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $1,130.68 | ↓ -28% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,197.19 | ↓ -24% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,232.64 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,330.21 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,403.84 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,438.08 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,438.08 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,523.68 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,712.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↑ +281% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,038.00 | ↑ +284% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,897.00 | ↑ +338% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↑ +435% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $1,252.13 – $1,252.13 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $635.54 | $126.81 – $2,072.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $840.39 | $148.04 – $1,167.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,660.05 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,746.67 | $103.10 – $2,742.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,631.70 | $75.29 – $285.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,599.76 | $103.10 – $2,518.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $680.05 | $103.10 – $1,466.40 |