Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$438.95

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$1,493.00

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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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$313.53 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $313.53 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $313.53 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $356.00 ↓ -19%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $376.94 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
United Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $418.82 ↓ -5%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $418.82 ↓ -5%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $746.50 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $895.80 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,074.96 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,224.26 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $1,254.12 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.12 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,328.77 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,493.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↑ +490%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +619%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +619%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +619%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +629%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +854%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +871%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +1009%

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $394.23 – $394.23
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $531.74 $321.57 – $928.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,249.72 $413.65 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $448.12 $375.07 – $739.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $410.43 $203.85 – $739.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $300.51 $218.70 – $648.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,336.42 $435.83 – $5,592.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,630.29 $394.79 – $5,835.00

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