Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl 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

$4,738.70

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.

$16,118.00

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.

$1,643.25 with Kaiser vs $16,187.00 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.

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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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,643.25 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,643.25 ↓ -65%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,912.50 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,695.00 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,634.00 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5,758.36 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5,758.36 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5,758.36 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5,758.36 ↑ +22%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $5,758.63 ↑ +22%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $5,758.63 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,053.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,053.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,053.00 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,416.50 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $6,573.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,573.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,964.25 ↑ +47%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7,042.50 ↑ +49%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,825.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8,410.00 ↑ +77%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,183.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $11,521.00 ↑ +143%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,631.00 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14,771.44 ↑ +212%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,771.44 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,187.00 ↑ +242%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $13,904.39 – $13,904.39
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,898.16 $3,019.41 – $13,082.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,291.65 $5,758.36 – $18,985.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,594.22 $5,230.71 – $18,985.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,286.60 $5,758.36 – $13,877.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,218.82 $5,758.36 – $13,877.65
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,270.56 $2,995.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $10,138.08 $6,920.00 – $16,652.00

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