Remove ventricular device 33977 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$3,014.39
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.
$10,253.00
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.
$1,042.84 with Kaiser vs $19,837.00 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.
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 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,303.55 | ↓ -57% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,303.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,153.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $2,153.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,060.41 | ↑ +35% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $4,613.85 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,151.80 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,382.16 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,407.46 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,612.52 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,612.52 | ↑ +186% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,654.00 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,125.17 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,004.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,004.00 | ↑ +232% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,253.00 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $10,307.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,328.00 | ↑ +276% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $14,119.00 | ↑ +368% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $19,837.00 | ↑ +558% |
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Remove ventricular device 33977 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,918.10 | $1,042.84 – $10,569.24 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,577.97 | $1,042.84 – $10,722.69 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $2,394.52 | $1,042.84 – $8,787.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $4,272.78 | $1,042.84 – $9,006.88 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $10,984.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,163.40 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,282.69 – $2,242.11 |