Rmvl sq defib electrode 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

$3,106.41

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.

$10,566.00

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.

$316.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14,425.00 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 $316.08 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $316.08 ↓ -90%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $316.08 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $316.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $316.08 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $316.08 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $780.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $2,218.86 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $2,218.86 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $4,388.92 ↑ +41%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4,647.10 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,740.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,740.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,740.00 ↑ +53%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,754.70 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $5,163.44 ↑ +66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,339.60 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,495.00 ↑ +141%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,607.52 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,664.12 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,875.44 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|HMO $8,875.44 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,403.74 ↑ +203%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,183.00 ↑ +228%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10,267.00 ↑ +231%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,566.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,631.00 ↑ +274%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,425.00 ↑ +364%

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $4,860.36 – $4,860.36
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,274.49 $478.20 – $8,410.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,867.84 $316.08 – $8,856.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,439.02 $316.08 – $8,597.54
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,744.72 $316.08 – $4,624.09
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,194.08 $1,597.00 – $8,891.76
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,686.50 $316.08 – $9,009.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,053.80 $353.00 – $8,891.76

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