Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx 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

$2,222.94

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.

$7,561.00

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.

$317.15 with Medcore vs $15,595.00 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $317.15 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $322.06 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $322.06 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $322.06 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $322.06 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $322.06 ↓ -86%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $322.06 ↓ -86%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $335.81 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -83%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $373.12 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $795.49 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $886.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $886.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $886.02 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,587.81 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,587.81 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.30 ↑ +18%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,402.45 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,587.40 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,536.60 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,040.57 ↑ +127%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,443.92 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|HMO $5,850.00 ↑ +163%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,200.02 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,470.00 ↑ +191%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,470.00 ↑ +191%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,561.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,595.00 ↑ +602%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,595.00 ↑ +602%

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Hdr rdncl skn surf brachytx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $351.75 $310.55 – $683.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,604.47 $322.06 – $9,335.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,612.50 $289.85 – $3,750.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $522.24 $421.66 – $917.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $519.77 – $2,176.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $547.63 – $2,851.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $496.07 – $3,118.54
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $519.67 – $1,244.03

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