Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$2,171.78

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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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$7,387.00

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.

$746.76 with Kaiser vs $6,406.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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

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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $746.76 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $746.76 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $749.07 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $749.07 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $749.07 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $749.07 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $749.07 ↓ -66%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $749.07 ↓ -66%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,778.00 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,850.20 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,133.60 ↓ -2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,560.32 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,915.92 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|HMO $2,987.04 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,987.04 ↑ +38%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $3,022.60 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,164.84 ↑ +46%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $3,200.40 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,556.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,893.00 ↑ +125%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +177%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,406.00 ↑ +195%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,713.13 – $4,713.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,075.64 $1,133.27 – $8,890.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,754.80 $749.07 – $3,981.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,245.36 $660.69 – $2,447.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,119.31 $749.07 – $3,017.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,371.48 $749.07 – $3,737.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,547.05 $1,639.46 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,167.68 $3,914.24 – $8,519.24

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