Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$1,548.21

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.

$5,266.00

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.

$0.80 with First Health 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
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $213.61 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $213.61 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $451.50 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $451.50 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $665.37 ↓ -57%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,075.00 ↓ -31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,290.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $1,806.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,806.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,913.50 ↑ +24%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,935.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $2,150.00 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,298.80 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,298.80 ↑ +48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↑ +183%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +287%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,188.00 ↑ +364%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,209.00 ↑ +430%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +444%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,163.86 – $2,163.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,779.55 $210.19 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,756.32 $170.89 – $6,121.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,587.41 $170.89 – $1,665.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,347.69 $170.89 – $4,480.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,047.55 $170.89 – $4,415.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,025.48 $170.89 – $4,360.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,972.17 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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