Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl 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

$5,356.68

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.

$18,220.00

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.

$1,836.66 with Kaiser vs $18,422.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,836.66 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,836.66 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $3,480.63 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3,480.63 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3,480.63 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $3,480.63 ↓ -35%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $3,480.82 ↓ -35%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $3,480.82 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↓ -20%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $4,373.00 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,247.60 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,297.12 ↑ +18%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $6,491.38 ↑ +21%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,171.72 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $7,212.64 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $7,346.64 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,346.64 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,783.94 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8,597.16 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,746.00 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,183.00 ↑ +90%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,631.00 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14,073.00 ↑ +163%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,422.00 ↑ +244%

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Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $6,789.28 – $6,789.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,299.74 $3,480.63 – $11,428.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,242.60 $3,480.63 – $11,285.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,588.69 $6,896.17 – $27,307.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7,702.86 $3,220.50 – $6,441.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $8,684.16 $3,363.00 – $19,970.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $12,739.65 $4,005.00 – $15,861.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $5,265.84 – $11,802.48

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