Ghs picc line insert < 5 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

$1,055.46

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.

$3,590.00

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.

$0.80 with First Health vs $8,422.00 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
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $68.56 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $68.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $78.67 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $78.67 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $78.67 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $78.67 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $213.38 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $376.11 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $376.11 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $895.50 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,074.60 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|HMO $1,504.44 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,504.44 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,593.99 ↑ +51%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,611.90 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,791.00 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↑ +109%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +297%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,376.00 ↑ +315%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +381%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +449%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,994.00 ↑ +468%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,422.00 ↑ +698%

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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,074.65 – $2,074.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,025.80 $96.76 – $3,734.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,122.82 $113.03 – $2,086.47
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,012.57 $1,921.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,683.33 $78.67 – $3,854.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,541.74 $78.67 – $3,854.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,513.31 $78.67 – $3,263.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,497.00 $78.67 – $3,222.41

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