Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,747.54
Cash price 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.
$5,944.00
Gross charge 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.
$213.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -88% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $267.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $831.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,248.24 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,248.24 | ↓ -29% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $2,674.80 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,566.40 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↑ +141% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,279.68 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,282.00 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $4,707.94 | ↑ +169% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,874.08 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,992.96 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,992.96 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,231.04 | ↑ +199% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,290.16 | ↑ +203% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,606.00 | ↑ +221% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,944.00 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↑ +382% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,439.14 | $602.30 – $4,924.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $213.61 – $3,381.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $213.61 – $1,011.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,300.58 | $213.61 – $4,960.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,275.77 | $213.61 – $4,898.79 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,222.48 | $363.13 – $4,059.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,411.36 | $213.61 – $6,557.76 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $1,352.99 | $213.61 – $11,634.21 |