Convert nephrostomy catheter 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

$2,025.66

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.

$6,890.00

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.

$826.13 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $8,209.00 with Health Net — 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
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $826.13 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $826.13 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $826.13 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $826.13 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $826.13 ↓ -59%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $826.13 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $964.53 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $964.53 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,040.54 ↑ +1%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,296.50 ↑ +13%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $2,615.79 ↑ +29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,755.80 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,306.96 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,766.26 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $3,858.12 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,858.12 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,087.77 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,593.00 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +197%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,188.00 ↑ +255%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,209.00 ↑ +305%

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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,735.83 – $2,735.83
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,049.45 $646.92 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,616.99 $826.13 – $1,773.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,540.96 $478.71 – $1,773.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,187.42 $826.13 – $1,845.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,114.29 $826.13 – $4,302.34
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,572.95 $2,238.00 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,072.16 $1,894.00 – $5,171.00

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