Endovenous laser vein addon 36479 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

$3,308.97

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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.

$11,255.00

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.

$0.80 with First Health vs $9,858.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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

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
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $385.33 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $385.33 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $442.17 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $442.17 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $442.17 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $442.17 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $618.03 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $618.03 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,200.25 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,471.50 ↓ -56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,765.80 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|HMO $2,472.12 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,472.12 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,619.27 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,943.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,531.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,858.00 ↑ +198%

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Endovenous laser vein addon 36479 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,718.70 $442.17 – $10,804.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,321.80 $442.17 – $10,804.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,389.68 $442.17 – $5,898.03
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,432.11 $442.17 – $6,560.73
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $543.87 – $662.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $442.17 – $442.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $2,747.00 – $12,022.00

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