Place cath intracranial art 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

$3,994.88

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.

$13,588.00

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.

$181.31 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $181.31 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $181.31 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $181.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $181.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $181.31 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $181.31 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $447.84 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,937.25 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,937.25 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +5%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,612.50 ↑ +15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,535.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,642.00 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,564.50 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,749.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $7,749.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8,210.25 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,225.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +171%

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Place cath intracranial art at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,574.13 $274.30 – $4,584.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,535.76 $181.31 – $12,675.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,070.13 $181.31 – $12,675.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,299.37 $181.31 – $12,712.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,242.23 $181.31 – $14,141.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $288.00 $1,200.00 – $9,718.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,748.41 $246.58 – $4,721.64
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7,162.11 $181.31 – $13,767.93

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