Ligation common iliac vein at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$6,582.66
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.
$22,390.00
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.
$0.80 with First Health vs $22,390.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.80 | ↓ -100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $0.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $683.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $683.55 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $683.55 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $683.55 | ↓ -90% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $854.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,661.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $4,701.90 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,701.90 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,495.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,004.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $10,267.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $11,195.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,434.00 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,425.00 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18,807.60 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,807.60 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19,927.10 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $22,390.00 | ↑ +240% |
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Ligation common iliac vein at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,349.39 | $840.77 – $5,964.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $18,162.31 | $683.55 – $43,569.95 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $17,966.49 | $683.55 – $48,465.45 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $683.55 – $1,077.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $683.55 – $683.55 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $683.55 – $1,077.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $5,592.00 – $10,593.00 |