Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$2,029.78

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,904.00

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.

$154.13 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,209.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $154.13 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $154.13 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $154.13 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $154.13 ↓ -92%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $154.20 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $154.20 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $380.70 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,017.03 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,017.03 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↓ -36%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,421.50 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,905.80 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,486.96 ↑ +72%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $3,654.61 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,971.26 ↑ +96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,060.68 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $4,068.12 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,068.12 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,310.27 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,843.00 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +196%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,188.00 ↑ +254%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,209.00 ↑ +304%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $3,822.33 – $3,822.33
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,011.78 $233.18 – $4,620.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,835.93 $154.13 – $6,298.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $173.83 $53.04 – $200.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,493.52 $154.13 – $4,870.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $154.13 – $3,819.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,523.13 $154.13 – $3,771.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,139.78 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00

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