Bronchoscopy treat blockage 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

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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.

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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 BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $241.81
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $241.81
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $241.81
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $241.81
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $302.26
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $302.26
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $941.51
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4,707.94
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
United Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,231.04
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5,231.04
Medcore Commercial|With ER $5,231.04
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $5,231.04
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,924.00 – $4,924.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,339.59 $241.81 – $9,357.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,292.80 $241.81 – $9,240.63
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $5,091.24 $411.07 – $6,413.12
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,294.38 $241.81 – $5,905.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $5,068.48 $480.59 – $9,797.06
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,029.84 $241.81 – $5,196.40
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $1,837.64 $241.81 – $4,724.00

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