Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$1,895.42

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.

$6,447.00

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.

$84.49 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $7,731.00 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
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $84.49 ↓ -96%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $84.49 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $104.93 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $104.93 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $104.93 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $104.93 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $259.18 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,353.87 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,353.87 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,159.03 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,159.03 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,287.97 ↑ +73%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,545.85 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,545.85 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,545.85 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,545.85 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,997.14 ↑ +111%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,190.55 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,211.00 ↑ +122%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,641.84 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,694.00 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,956.00 ↑ +161%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,286.54 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $7,731.00 ↑ +308%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $540.50 $145.32 – $1,011.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.03 $97.19 – $1,660.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,227.57 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,218.52 $92.17 – $2,474.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,193.48 $104.93 – $1,756.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,007.05 $92.17 – $1,701.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,518.88 $104.93 – $3,357.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,502.50 $104.93 – $3,357.08

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