Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 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

$754.70

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.

$2,567.00

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.

$152.94 with Kaiser vs $6,009.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -80%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $191.18 ↓ -75%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $191.18 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $261.87 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $261.87 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $595.49 ↓ -21%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $623.50 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $748.20 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $897.84 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,022.54 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $1,047.48 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,047.48 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,109.83 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,247.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +314%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +318%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +318%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +318%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +324%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +455%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +467%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +696%

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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $732.34 $171.45 – $495.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,391.86 $152.94 – $3,116.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $749.25 $40.36 – $152.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,246.56 $152.94 – $1,855.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,001.70 $152.94 – $1,175.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $484.81 $152.94 – $1,307.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,021.06 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,659.03 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00

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