Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$8,879.98
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.
$30,204.00
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.
$1,225.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,075.00 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 | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,905.75 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $1,905.75 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,027.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,376.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $4,506.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $4,537.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,893.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,007.03 | ↓ -44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,445.00 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,994.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,406.00 | ↓ -28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,534.00 | ↓ -26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,441.50 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,623.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,623.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,076.75 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,422.00 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,075.00 | ↑ +2% |
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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | not published | $4,713.13 – $4,713.13 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,854.22 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,416.34 | $1,225.61 – $6,716.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,012.51 | $1,225.61 – $6,459.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,811.29 | $1,225.61 – $8,218.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,770.20 | $1,225.61 – $8,115.67 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,896.73 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |