Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$458.35

Cash price

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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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$1,559.00

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.

$67.50 with Kaiser 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $67.50 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $67.50 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $67.50 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $67.50 ↓ -85%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $84.37 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $84.37 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $94.71 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $94.71 ↓ -79%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $225.50 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $262.81 ↓ -43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $270.60 ↓ -41%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $293.31 ↓ -36%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $310.56 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $324.72 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -25%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $345.07 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $369.82 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|HMO $378.84 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $378.84 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.39 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $451.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↑ +182%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +581%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +588%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +588%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +588%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +830%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +833%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +962%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +1211%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $324.81 – $324.81
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $212.87 $83.03 – $539.32
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $339.08 $67.50 – $824.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $324.26 $67.50 – $503.20

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