Placement bile duct support at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$15,526.73
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.
$52,812.00
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.
$775.40 with Kaiser vs $52,812.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $775.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $775.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $775.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $775.40 | ↓ -95% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $969.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $969.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,019.11 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,495.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,004.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,004.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,004.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $10,267.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $11,090.52 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,090.52 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,425.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $26,406.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31,687.20 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $38,024.64 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43,305.84 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44,362.08 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $44,362.08 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $47,002.68 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $52,812.00 | ↑ +240% |
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Placement bile duct support at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22,139.59 | $775.40 – $50,693.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20,277.38 | $775.40 – $50,693.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20,597.18 | $775.40 – $49,411.02 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $953.74 – $1,667.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $775.40 – $775.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $775.40 – $2,945.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $5,592.00 – $10,593.00 |