Perq plmt bile duct stent at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$7,085.70
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.
$24,101.00
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.
$3,122.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $24,101.00 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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,740.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,740.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,740.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,746.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,893.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,061.21 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $5,061.21 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,406.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $7,450.01 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $8,277.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10,183.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,631.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $11,723.73 | ↑ +65% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $12,050.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $14,460.60 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17,352.72 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $19,762.82 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20,244.84 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,244.84 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $21,449.89 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24,101.00 | ↑ +240% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $7,791.90 – $7,791.90 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,759.70 | $3,550.50 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,812.95 | $4,746.45 – $19,591.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,836.48 | $4,746.45 – $19,591.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,458.53 | $4,746.45 – $11,770.40 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $12,989.28 | $5,357.00 – $14,384.78 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,913.82 | $3,226.44 – $21,786.21 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $6,364.40 | $1,747.00 – $12,111.00 |