Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$3,339.26

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$11,358.00

Gross charge

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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 $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.

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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

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%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $599.40 ↓ -82%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $599.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $687.82 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $687.82 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $687.82 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $687.82 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,097.25 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,097.25 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,867.07 ↓ -44%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,612.50 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↓ -7%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,135.00 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|HMO $4,389.00 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,389.00 ↑ +31%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4,506.33 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,650.25 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5,007.03 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,225.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +80%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,713.13 – $4,713.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,490.91 $846.02 – $8,890.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,170.60 $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,930.56 $687.82 – $10,550.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,358.64 $687.82 – $3,449.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,515.84 $687.82 – $10,550.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,596.11 $687.82 – $7,754.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,557.34 $687.82 – $7,657.47

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