Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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

$266.07

Cash price

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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.

$905.00

Gross charge

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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.

$52.00 with HPSJ vs $13,716.00 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $52.00 ↓ -80%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $52.00 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $63.00 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $67.00 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $190.05 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $190.05 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $387.90 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $439.62 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $439.62 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $491.34 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $517.20 ↑ +94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $620.64 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $672.36 ↑ +153%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $706.84 ↑ +166%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $732.70 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $733.05 ↑ +176%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $862.00 ↑ +224%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $862.00 ↑ +224%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $862.00 ↑ +224%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $869.87 ↑ +227%
United Medicare|All Plans $869.87 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +3404%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,346.00 ↑ +4916%
United Commercial|HMO $13,716.00 ↑ +5055%

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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $321.93 $63.00 – $3,227.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $738.37 $122.62 – $634.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,117.92 $802.54 – $818.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $313.30 $63.00 – $732.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $602.73 $234.13 – $886.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $286.95 $63.00 – $677.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $276.40 $63.00 – $745.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $273.42 $25.00 – $677.00

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