Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$659.74
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,244.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$52.54 with Kaiser 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.54 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.54 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.54 | ↓ -92% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.68 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.68 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $204.61 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $226.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $226.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $356.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $376.94 | ↓ -43% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $418.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $539.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $647.40 | ↓ -2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $776.88 | ↑ +18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $884.78 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $906.36 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $906.36 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $960.31 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $988.00 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,079.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,294.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,155.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,155.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,262.00 | ↑ +546% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,868.00 | ↑ +638% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,618.00 | ↑ +752% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,696.00 | ↑ +1067% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,813.00 | ↑ +1539% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $394.23 – $394.23 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,271.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $454.65 | $64.62 – $682.44 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,271.20 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,271.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,271.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $951.60 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $951.60 | not published |