Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$516.56
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.
$1,757.00
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.
$179.13 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.
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 | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $179.13 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -62% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.02 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $195.02 | ↓ -62% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $426.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $480.93 | ↓ -7% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $511.80 | ↓ -1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $614.16 | ↑ +19% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $699.46 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $716.52 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $716.52 | ↑ +39% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $725.05 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $759.17 | ↑ +47% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $767.70 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $853.00 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $982.55 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $982.55 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $988.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,294.00 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +504% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +511% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +511% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +511% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +728% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,074.00 | ↑ +882% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,794.00 | ↑ +1022% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +1063% |
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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $924.87 – $924.87 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,305.09 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $753.71 | $194.71 – $1,725.78 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,489.85 | $28.20 – $109.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $690.32 | $194.71 – $1,725.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $680.42 | $194.71 – $1,467.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $673.08 | $194.71 – $1,448.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,450.44 | $1,002.25 – $9,858.00 |