Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

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

$4,426.76

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.

$15,057.00

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.

$0.80 with First Health vs $18,255.44 with Blue Shield CA — 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
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,581.09 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,581.09 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↓ -29%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $3,678.13 ↓ -17%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $3,678.13 ↓ -17%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,764.50 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↓ -1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,517.40 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $6,324.36 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,324.36 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,700.81 ↑ +51%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $6,776.10 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $7,529.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,457.00 ↑ +136%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $12,122.00 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,688.00 ↑ +209%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13,845.00 ↑ +213%
United Medicare|All Plans $18,255.44 ↑ +312%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $18,255.44 ↑ +312%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $17,183.90 – $17,183.90
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,004.30 $4,220.73 – $21,255.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $8,803.62 $4,042.00 – $24,397.68

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