Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly 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

$1,360.93

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.

$4,629.00

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.

$208.49 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $208.49 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $208.49 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $208.49 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $208.49 ↓ -85%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $208.75 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $208.75 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $514.97 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $972.09 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $972.09 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↓ -5%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,083.05 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,777.40 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,332.88 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,795.78 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,888.36 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $3,888.36 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,119.81 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,629.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +313%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +465%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +635%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +635%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +635%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +695%

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Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $525.60 $315.42 – $936.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,154.64 $593.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,157.55 $208.49 – $4,607.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,976.08 $208.49 – $4,607.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,756.83 $208.49 – $4,739.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,049.58 $1,727.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,444.43 $1,802.00 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,311.72 $721.00 – $721.00

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