Reposition vad w/image rt/lt sep session 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

$3,146.39

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.

$10,702.00

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.

$145.94 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.

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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 $145.94 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $145.94 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $145.94 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $145.94 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $145.94 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $145.94 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $360.47 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $2,247.42 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $2,247.42 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,815.90 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,421.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,705.44 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,775.64 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $8,989.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,989.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,524.78 ↑ +203%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +218%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +218%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +218%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,189.00 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10,307.00 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,702.00 ↑ +240%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,338.00 ↑ +324%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14,119.00 ↑ +349%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19,837.00 ↑ +530%

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Reposition vad w/image rt/lt sep session at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $505.47 $145.94 – $1,157.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $462.96 $145.94 – $1,157.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,472.85 $145.94 – $6,670.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $334.56 $10,593.00 – $16,265.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,269.39 $6,511.00 – $12,568.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $885.60 $4,666.00 – $16,338.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,528.78 $145.94 – $6,783.48
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,498.40 $145.94 – $4,996.80

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