Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$6,606.77

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.

$22,472.00

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.

$40.53 with Kaiser vs $4,868.00 with Health Net — 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

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 $40.53 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $40.53 ↓ -99%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $86.85 ↓ -99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $115.80 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $138.96 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $156.33 ↓ -98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $158.26 ↓ -98%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $164.05 ↓ -98%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $173.70 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $193.00 ↓ -97%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $193.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $221.99 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $321.72 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $321.72 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $340.87 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↓ -26%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,432.08 $167.40 – $483.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,904.22 $198.80 – $899.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,575.83 $198.80 – $899.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,539.74 $54.81 – $198.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,460.86 $182.70 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,131.00 $165.49 – $2,699.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,608.47 $179.04 – $1,716.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,324.80 $140.67 – $1,200.00

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