Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device 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

$94.08

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$320.00

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$67.20 with Kaiser vs $4,868.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Payer

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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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The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $67.20 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $67.20 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↑ +53%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $155.45 ↑ +65%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $164.59 ↑ +75%
United Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $182.88 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $192.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $200.94 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $230.40 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $262.40 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $268.80 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $268.80 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $275.42 ↑ +193%
United Commercial|Options PPO $284.80 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $320.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $320.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +4430%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +5074%

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $141.66 – $172.15
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $56.70 – $291.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $213.59 $25.78 – $296.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $235.11 $167.07 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $113.42 $132.50 – $246.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $250.42 $62.09 – $235.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $103.88 $41.31 – $153.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $82.37 $59.94 – $177.60

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