Cystoscopy & duct 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

$1,699.91

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.

$5,782.00

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.

$174.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,422.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $174.31 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $174.31 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $174.31 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $174.31 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $217.89 ↓ -87%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $217.89 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $589.68 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $589.68 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $678.68 ↓ -60%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $852.31 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $947.01 ↓ -44%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $947.01 ↓ -44%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $947.01 ↓ -44%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,404.00 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,684.80 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,021.76 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,302.56 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,358.72 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|HMO $2,358.72 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,499.12 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,808.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +148%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +198%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00 ↑ +230%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +241%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +395%

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Cystoscopy & duct catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $891.42 – $891.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $714.18 $174.31 – $1,540.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $706.48 $174.31 – $1,520.75
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,005.80 $174.31 – $842.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $214.40 – $1,569.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $939.68 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $174.31 – $848.09
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $174.31 – $174.31

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