Change of windpipe airway 31502 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$79.09
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.
$269.00
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.
$56.49 with Kaiser vs $28,686.00 with United — 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 | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.49 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $56.49 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $121.05 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.14 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $161.40 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $193.68 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $217.89 | ↑ +175% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $220.58 | ↑ +179% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $228.65 | ↑ +189% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $242.10 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $269.00 | ↑ +240% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $329.47 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $329.47 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $988.00 | ↑ +1149% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,123.00 | ↑ +1320% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,123.00 | ↑ +1320% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,294.00 | ↑ +1536% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +3847% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +3889% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +3889% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +3889% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,262.00 | ↑ +5289% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +5308% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,868.00 | ↑ +6055% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +7498% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,323.00 | ↑ +11688% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,448.00 | ↑ +16903% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $28,686.00 | ↑ +36170% |
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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $139.90 | $24.50 – $245.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $201.92 | $90.12 – $521.66 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $471.24 | $319.18 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $323.14 | $59.57 – $739.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $245.40 | $59.57 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $520.15 | $59.57 – $1,233.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $514.54 | $59.57 – $12,607.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,080.18 | $336.29 – $6,200.00 |