Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$142.01
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.
$483.00
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.
$29.90 with Kaiser vs $234.00 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.
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 | $29.90 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.90 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.90 | ↓ -79% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.38 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.38 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $49.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.46 | ↓ -18% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $117.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $140.40 | ↓ -1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $168.48 | ↑ +19% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $191.88 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $196.56 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $196.56 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $208.26 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $234.00 | ↑ +65% |
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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $195.84 | $1,687.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $168.21 | $29.90 – $333.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $154.06 | $29.90 – $333.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $142.10 | $29.90 – $243.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $140.57 | $29.90 – $261.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $178.50 | $2,747.00 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $202.47 | $2,699.00 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $110.16 | not published |