Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$72.33

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.

$246.00

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.

$19.93 with BCBS - Anthem 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $19.93 ↓ -72%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $19.93 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $19.93 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.93 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.93 ↓ -72%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $19.93 ↓ -72%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $35.93 ↓ -50%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $38.04 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $42.27 ↓ -42%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $42.27 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $49.23 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $51.66 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $51.66 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $110.70 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $147.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $177.12 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $199.26 ↑ +175%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $201.72 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +12790%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +18493%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +39560%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $160.46 $28.10 – $224.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.04 $30.15 – $148.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $33.39 $19.93 – $76.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.86 $19.93 – $205.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.58 $19.93 – $76.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.16 $19.93 – $144.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.43 $19.93 – $142.99
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $112.20 not published

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