Feeding tube reposition 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

$153.47

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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.

$522.00

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.

$105.21 with Kaiser vs $501.00 with United — 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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $105.21 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $105.21 ↓ -31%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $147.83 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $147.83 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $147.83 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $147.83 ↓ -4%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $147.83 ↓ -4%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $225.45 ↑ +47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $300.60 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $324.69 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $324.69 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $324.69 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $330.66 ↑ +115%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $360.72 ↑ +135%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $365.14 ↑ +138%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $410.82 ↑ +168%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $420.84 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|HMO $420.84 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Options PPO $445.89 ↑ +191%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $450.90 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $501.00 ↑ +226%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $501.00 ↑ +226%

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Feeding tube reposition at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $205.86 $126.90 – $366.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $567.10 $147.83 – $1,298.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $519.40 $147.83 – $1,298.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $197.38 $147.83 – $432.09
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $195.25 $147.83 – $526.68
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $284.28 $147.83 – $552.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,470.15 $147.83 – $2,940.30
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $528.82 $147.83 – $1,601.90

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