Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 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

$156.41

Cash price

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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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$532.00

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.

$48.28 with Kaiser vs $6,009.00 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 Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $55.86 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $55.86 ↓ -64%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $60.35 ↓ -61%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $60.35 ↓ -61%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $159.60 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $187.94 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $191.52 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $218.12 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|HMO $223.44 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $223.44 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $236.74 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $260.68 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $260.68 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $266.00 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $271.32 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $329.84 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +1896%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +1917%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +1917%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +1917%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +2634%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +3742%

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Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $1,243.64 $217.80 – $1,742.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $169.95 $37.53 – $318.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $250.78 $69.42 – $197.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,310.41 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $231.98 $48.28 – $490.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $153.85 $48.28 – $226.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $253.63 $48.28 – $490.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $178.08 $48.28 – $393.60

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