Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$884.36

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.

$3,008.00

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.

$306.60 with Kaiser vs $6,897.00 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
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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|All Other Plans $306.60 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $306.60 ↓ -65%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $730.00 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $876.00 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,051.20 ↑ +19%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,130.68 ↑ +28%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,197.19 ↑ +35%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,197.20 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $1,226.40 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,226.40 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,299.40 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,330.21 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,460.00 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +257%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +257%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +257%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,893.00 ↑ +453%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +583%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,406.00 ↑ +624%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +680%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $1,252.13 – $1,252.13
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,104.84 $723.33 – $2,143.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,092.93 $723.33 – $2,116.41
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,205.44 $991.55 – $7,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,448.70 $928.29 – $2,784.87
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,441.80 $1,089.36 – $4,031.69
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,038.72 $856.29 – $3,723.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $6,760.80 $991.55 – $6,405.00

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