Exchange drainage catheter at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$1,486.47
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.
$5,056.00
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.
$78.61 with Kaiser vs $8,209.00 with Health Net — 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 | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -95% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $98.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $98.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $306.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $510.51 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $510.51 | ↓ -66% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,215.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,458.60 | ↓ -2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,750.32 | ↑ +18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,993.42 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,042.04 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,042.04 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,163.59 | ↑ +46% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $2,187.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,431.00 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.45 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.45 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↑ +182% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,188.00 | ↑ +384% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,209.00 | ↑ +452% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Exchange drainage catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $2,533.47 – $2,533.47 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,196.62 | $96.69 – $4,371.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,545.52 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,112.85 | $78.61 – $4,908.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,851.02 | $78.61 – $4,900.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,425.08 | $78.61 – $4,431.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,388.15 | $78.61 – $4,375.81 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,837.75 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |