Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$1,446.78

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.

$4,921.00

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.

$186.06 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $186.06 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $186.06 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $205.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $205.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $205.14 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $205.14 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $205.14 ↓ -86%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $205.14 ↓ -86%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $293.31 ↓ -80%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $310.56 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $345.07 ↓ -76%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $345.07 ↓ -76%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $443.00 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $506.70 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $531.60 ↓ -63%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $637.92 ↓ -56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $726.52 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $744.24 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $744.24 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $788.54 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $886.00 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +190%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +196%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +315%

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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $324.81 – $324.81
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $387.20 $238.68 – $689.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,589.67 $336.70 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $753.28 $205.14 – $1,234.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.60 $26.13 – $101.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $689.92 $205.14 – $1,220.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $306.45 $205.14 – $617.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $293.24 $205.14 – $609.88

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