Insertion of heart electrode 33211 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

$4,786.91

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$16,282.00

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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.

$201.22 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

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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $201.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $201.22 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $201.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $201.22 ↓ -96%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $251.52 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $251.52 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $783.46 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3,419.22 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $3,419.22 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,053.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,053.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,053.00 ↑ +26%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $7,326.90 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,769.20 ↑ +104%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $10,567.76 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,723.04 ↑ +145%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $11,741.96 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13,351.24 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $13,676.88 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,676.88 ↑ +186%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14,073.00 ↑ +194%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14,429.00 ↑ +201%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,490.98 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16,282.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $16,479.00 ↑ +244%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,422.00 ↑ +285%

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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 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 $6,139.45 $247.50 – $20,488.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16,525.53 $7,716.00 – $15,313.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,497.37 $201.22 – $13,986.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15,840.09 $7,745.00 – $46,622.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $13,974.00 $9,008.00 – $46,622.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $8,326.26 $6,323.17 – $11,149.80
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $12,488.88 $9,031.00 – $46,797.00

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