Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 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

$1,735.19

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.

$5,902.00

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.

$170.89 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 $170.89 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $170.89 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $213.61 ↓ -88%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $213.61 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $665.37 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,239.42 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,239.42 ↓ -29%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $2,202.01 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $2,446.68 ↑ +41%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,655.90 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +84%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,541.20 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +143%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,249.44 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +146%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,839.64 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,957.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $4,957.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,252.78 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,902.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +246%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,188.00 ↑ +314%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,209.00 ↑ +373%

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Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $3,223.30 $564.50 – $4,516.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $969.30 $210.19 – $4,012.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,554.30 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $856.00 $170.89 – $2,000.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $784.00 $170.89 – $2,000.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,182.60 $170.89 – $4,706.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,159.07 $170.89 – $4,647.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,790.65 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00

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