Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$1,270.97

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,323.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$283.71 with Kaiser vs $8,209.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $283.71 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $283.71 ↓ -78%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $434.37 ↓ -66%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $434.37 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $434.47 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $434.47 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $434.47 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $434.47 ↓ -66%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $675.50 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $810.60 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $972.72 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,073.14 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,107.82 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $1,134.84 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,134.84 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,202.39 ↓ -5%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,215.90 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,351.00 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +129%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,906.43 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +146%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +148%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +237%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +373%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,188.00 ↑ +466%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,209.00 ↑ +546%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Exchange nephrostomy cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,735.83 – $2,735.83
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,049.45 $646.92 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,299.46 $434.37 – $6,497.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,931.38 $434.37 – $6,497.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,505.00 $434.47 – $3,600.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,850.05 $434.47 – $3,555.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,882.12 $2,968.05 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $2,688.58 – $9,858.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →