Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$5,344.63
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.
$18,179.00
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.
$773.64 with Kaiser vs $8,209.00 with Health Net — 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 | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,272.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,272.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,910.89 | ↓ -64% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $2,615.79 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $2,906.43 | ↓ -46% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $3,030.00 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,199.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,636.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,189.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↓ -20% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,363.20 | ↓ -18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,969.20 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,090.40 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,090.40 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,393.40 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,060.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,188.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,209.00 | ↑ +54% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $2,735.83 – $2,735.83 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,691.95 | $1,170.44 – $4,793.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,419.34 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,913.72 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,847.27 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,805.79 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,734.11 | $2,968.05 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,172.09 | $2,688.58 – $10,413.00 |