Brach/thor cath 1st 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

$3,851.99

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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.

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$13,102.00

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.

$0.80 with First Health vs $10,813.00 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

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
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $206.77 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $206.77 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $206.77 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $206.77 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $258.46 ↓ -93%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $258.46 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $805.10 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,323.00 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,323.00 ↓ -66%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,150.00 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,780.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,292.00 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|HMO $5,292.00 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,607.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,300.00 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +181%

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Brach/thor cath 1st at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $971.49 $254.33 – $1,730.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $916.35 $206.77 – $1,760.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $839.28 $206.77 – $1,737.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $625.14 $206.77 – $1,499.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $618.40 $206.77 – $1,668.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $854.25 $1,856.73 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $580.89 $2,699.00 – $26,648.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $867.00 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00

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