Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$20,674.38

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.

$70,321.00

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.

$18,283.46 with Kaiser vs $70,321.00 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|Affiliated Payers $18,283.46 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18,283.46 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $18,283.46 ↓ -12%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $21,086.68 ↑ +2%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $22,327.07 ↑ +8%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $23,205.93 ↑ +12%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $23,205.93 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $24,807.86 ↑ +20%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $28,128.40 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29,534.82 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $33,754.08 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34,457.29 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|HMO $35,863.71 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $36,566.92 ↑ +77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $38,676.55 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $41,489.39 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $48,521.49 ↑ +135%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50,631.12 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $57,663.22 ↑ +179%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $60,476.06 ↑ +193%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $64,695.32 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $66,101.74 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $66,101.74 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66,804.95 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $66,804.95 ↑ +223%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $70,321.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $70,321.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $70,321.00 ↑ +240%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $27,230.46 $14,920.80 – $48,492.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $59,436.32 $17,415.59 – $17,771.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26,608.76 $14,299.10 – $60,926.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24,370.64 $11,812.30 – $60,926.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26,089.10 $17,580.25 – $56,256.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25,807.81 $17,580.25 – $55,553.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $59,436.32 $17,771.01 – $17,771.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $22,534.63 not published

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