Dissolve clot heart vessel 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

$907.88

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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.

$3,088.00

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.

$386.47 with Kaiser vs $10,004.00 with Aetna — 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

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

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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $386.47 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $386.47 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $386.47 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $386.47 ↓ -57%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $483.09 ↓ -47%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $483.09 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $648.48 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $648.48 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,389.60 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,513.37 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,852.80 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,223.36 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,532.16 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $2,593.92 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,593.92 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,748.32 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,088.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +244%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +371%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +562%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +1002%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +1002%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +1002%

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Dissolve clot heart vessel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,243.49 $475.36 – $2,214.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,271.43 $6,619.00 – $6,619.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $819.88 $386.47 – $2,211.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,822.38 $6,200.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,155.66 $8,018.00 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,101.71 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,822.38 $4,042.00 – $6,732.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $995.04 $4,666.00 – $5,357.00

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