Ablation cryo adrenal tumor 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

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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.

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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.

$3,155.00 with Aetna vs $13,688.00 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

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
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7,450.01
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8,277.79
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
United Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $8,277.79
Medcore Commercial|With ER $8,277.79
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8,277.79
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,183.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,457.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,631.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,688.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers not published by hospital
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo adrenal tumor at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $7,791.90 – $7,791.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $10,840.56 $8,583.81 – $27,307.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $11,066.49 $6,682.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,703.20 $3,429.00 – $15,436.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $7,547.85 $1,932.00 – $25,088.80
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,647.99 $2,182.93 – $9,491.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $8,225.76 $3,363.00 – $14,384.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $3,599.52 $3,363.00 – $14,839.00

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