Biopsy of prostate at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$2,109.45
Cash price 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.
$7,175.00
Gross charge 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.
$100.40 with Kaiser vs $8,422.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.40 | ↓ -95% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.90 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $731.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $731.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,742.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,090.40 | ↓ -1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,508.48 | ↑ +19% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $2,615.79 | ↑ +24% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,856.88 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,926.56 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,926.56 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,100.76 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,484.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,282.00 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,606.00 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,188.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,209.00 | ↑ +289% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↑ +299% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Biopsy of prostate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $2,735.83 – $2,735.83 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,049.45 | $123.49 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,007.32 | $100.40 – $4,461.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,282.72 | $92.36 – $349.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,255.18 | $100.40 – $4,461.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,915.32 | $100.40 – $6,286.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,883.89 | $100.40 – $6,207.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,609.16 | $6,200.00 – $9,858.00 |