Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$2,152.38

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.

$7,321.00

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.

$189.58 with Kaiser vs $7,321.00 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.

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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 $189.58 ↓ -91%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $189.58 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $189.58 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $189.58 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $189.58 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $189.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $255.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $255.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $255.70 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $468.26 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,537.41 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,537.41 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,704.59 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $2,336.39 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,282.81 ↑ +53%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $3,294.45 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,392.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,271.12 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,003.22 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,149.64 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $6,149.64 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,515.69 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,321.00 ↑ +240%

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Pq biliary strict dil s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,386.71 $265.26 – $2,469.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $984.40 $189.58 – $2,254.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $901.60 $189.58 – $2,254.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,132.30 $189.58 – $2,441.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,120.09 $189.58 – $3,021.48
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,633.58 $189.58 – $3,140.28
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,797.20 $189.58 – $5,594.40
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,049.32 $189.58 – $3,761.00

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