Establish brain cavity shunt at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,046.94
Cash price 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.
$3,561.00
Gross charge 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.
$747.81 with Kaiser vs $18,630.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $747.81 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,110.78 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,110.78 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,110.78 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,110.78 | ↑ +6% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,388.47 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,388.47 | ↑ +33% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,780.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,136.60 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,563.92 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,920.02 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,991.24 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,991.24 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,169.29 | ↑ +203% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,561.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,561.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↑ +300% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,680.00 | ↑ +825% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +856% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +856% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,004.00 | ↑ +856% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,260.00 | ↑ +1167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,630.00 | ↑ +1679% |
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Establish brain cavity shunt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,373.32 | $1,110.78 – $3,742.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,877.18 | $1,110.78 – $3,645.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,366.26 – $2,388.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $1,110.78 – $1,750.97 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $1,110.78 – $1,110.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $1,110.78 – $1,750.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $1,110.78 – $4,219.84 |