Insert swan-ganz 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

$3,480.38

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$11,838.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$145.71 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,813.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $145.71 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $145.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $145.71 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $145.71 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $182.14 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $182.14 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $570.57 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,900.50 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,900.50 ↓ -45%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,983.62 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $2,204.02 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↓ -8%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,072.50 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,430.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +61%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,516.00 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,330.50 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,421.00 ↑ +113%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +168%
United Commercial|HMO $9,943.92 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +187%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +187%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +187%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,535.82 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +211%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Insert swan-ganz cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,137.93 $141.65 – $3,734.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,070.24 $145.71 – $4,740.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,929.43 $145.71 – $4,740.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,669.13 $145.71 – $3,599.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,651.14 $145.71 – $3,211.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,628.03 $2,235.08 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,763.58 $2,024.63 – $9,008.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,517.76 $2,120.93 – $7,151.31

All California hospitals for this procedure →