Insert picvad cath 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

$3,225.77

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.

$10,972.00

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 $10,813.00 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 $338.42 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $338.42 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $388.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $388.34 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $388.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $388.34 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,054.15 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,808.10 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,808.10 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↓ -1%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4,019.10 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +30%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,305.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4,465.67 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,740.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,740.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,740.00 ↑ +47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,166.00 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,232.40 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|HMO $7,232.40 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,662.90 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,610.00 ↑ +167%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +235%

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Insert picvad cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,203.55 – $4,203.55
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,289.87 $477.66 – $7,477.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,467.90 $388.34 – $10,230.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,092.09 $388.34 – $10,230.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,891.64 $388.34 – $10,002.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,838.90 $388.34 – $9,877.37
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,271.16 $388.34 – $4,675.77
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $3,957.62 $388.34 – $14,185.00

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