Ghs pt - work hardening/int 2hrs 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

$201.39

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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.

$685.00

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.

$66.15 with Kaiser vs $1,123.00 with Cigna — 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|All Other Plans $66.15 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $66.15 ↓ -67%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $141.75 ↓ -30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $204.75 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $226.80 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $258.30 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $303.00 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $315.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $315.00 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $315.00 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|HMO $315.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $315.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $315.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $315.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $315.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $315.00 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $684.00 ↑ +240%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $893.00 ↑ +343%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,123.00 ↑ +458%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,123.00 ↑ +458%

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Ghs pt - work hardening/int 2hrs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $315.20 $55.20 – $441.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $462.21 $179.54 – $680.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $228.91 $231.00 – $12,607.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $226.44 $291.00 – $12,607.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $327.03 $75.00 – $745.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $306.13 $303.58 – $1,045.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $201.47 $154.50 – $570.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $321.70 – $321.70

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