Brace knee hing pat open med 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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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.

$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.

$91.26 with Kaiser vs $351.00 with Aetna — 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $91.26 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $91.26 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $91.26 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $115.74 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $115.74 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $115.74 ↓ -26%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $115.74 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $115.74 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $115.74 ↓ -26%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $140.40 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Options PPO $147.42 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $168.48 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $171.99 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|HMO $179.01 ↑ +14%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $182.52 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $193.05 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $207.09 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $242.19 ↑ +55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $252.72 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $287.82 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $301.86 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $322.92 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.94 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.94 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $333.45 ↑ +113%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $333.45 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $351.00 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $351.00 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +124%

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Brace knee hing pat open med at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $143.04 – $464.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $97.50 – $351.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $97.50 – $378.30
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $743.77 $103.68 – $423.36
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $136.99 $46.92 – $195.84
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $419.25 $23.00 – $578.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $381.23 $24.15 – $578.70
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $317.85 $23.00 – $486.45

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