Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$667.09

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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.

$2,269.00

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.

$119.19 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 $119.19 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $119.19 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $119.19 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $119.19 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $148.99 ↓ -78%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $148.99 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $464.09 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $476.49 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $476.49 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $481.82 ↓ -28%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $510.17 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $566.85 ↓ -15%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $566.85 ↓ -15%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,134.50 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,361.40 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,633.68 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,860.58 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $1,905.96 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,905.96 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,019.41 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,269.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +531%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +531%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +531%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +539%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,282.00 ↑ +542%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↑ +556%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +630%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,606.00 ↑ +740%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +799%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +1162%

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $533.58 – $533.58
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $598.85 $146.60 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $595.68 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $613.76 $119.19 – $1,405.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $261.74 $31.83 – $120.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $562.13 $119.19 – $1,405.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $451.14 $119.19 – $972.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $446.28 $119.19 – $960.64

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