Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

$372.21

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.

$1,266.00

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.

$241.81 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.

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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 Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $265.86 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $265.86 ↓ -29%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $302.26 ↓ -19%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $302.26 ↓ -19%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $569.70 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $759.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $911.52 ↑ +145%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $941.51 ↑ +153%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,038.12 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,063.44 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $1,063.44 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,126.74 ↑ +203%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,139.40 ↑ +206%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,266.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +1031%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +1031%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +1031%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00 ↑ +1050%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↑ +1076%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04 ↑ +1305%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04 ↑ +1305%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00 ↑ +1406%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +1510%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +2163%

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $732.03 $128.20 – $1,282.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,618.41 $297.43 – $7,390.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,447.07 $241.81 – $1,042.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $396.32 $241.81 – $1,011.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $483.05 $241.81 – $1,302.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $477.84 $241.81 – $1,302.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,836.80 $3,281.00 – $8,871.26
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,306.00 $411.07 – $2,904.72

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