Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$964.62

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.

$3,281.00

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 $6,009.00 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 $61.09 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $61.09 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $61.09 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $61.09 ↓ -94%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $76.37 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $76.37 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $109.20 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $109.20 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $237.89 ↓ -75%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $260.00 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $312.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $436.80 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $436.80 ↓ -55%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $442.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $462.80 ↓ -52%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $468.00 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $520.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $520.00 ↓ -46%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $520.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +224%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +227%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +227%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +227%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +343%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +426%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +501%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +523%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $939.66 – $939.66
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $342.96 $75.14 – $1,566.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $551.23 $87.85 – $1,024.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,031.84 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,168.44 $61.09 – $2,497.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,860.81 $61.09 – $1,197.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,038.80 $61.09 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $61.09 – $976.00

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