Insert sq defib electrode 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

$3,926.96

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.

$13,357.00

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.

$428.89 with Kaiser vs $18,422.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 Medicaid|> 21 $428.89 ↓ -89%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $428.89 ↓ -89%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $428.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $428.89 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $428.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $428.89 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,059.36 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $2,804.97 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $2,804.97 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,740.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,740.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,740.00 ↑ +21%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $6,010.65 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,495.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,014.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,617.04 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10,267.00 ↑ +161%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $10,567.76 ↑ +169%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,952.74 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,219.88 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $11,219.88 ↑ +186%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +199%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,887.73 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13,357.00 ↑ +240%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14,073.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,425.00 ↑ +267%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14,429.00 ↑ +267%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $16,479.00 ↑ +320%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,422.00 ↑ +369%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $11,052.74 – $11,052.74
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,502.11 $648.86 – $20,488.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,462.25 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $13,318.59 $386.00 – $21,694.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,391.75 $428.89 – $10,911.25

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