Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$2,056.24

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.

$6,994.00

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.

$35.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $28,686.00 with United — 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 $35.30 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.30 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $35.30 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.30 ↓ -98%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $35.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $35.30 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $87.19 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $684.00 ↓ -67%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $797.27 ↓ -61%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $844.17 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $893.00 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $937.97 ↓ -54%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $937.97 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,123.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,123.00 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $1,372.56 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $1,372.56 ↓ -33%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,941.20 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,921.60 ↑ +91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,705.92 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,294.16 ↑ +157%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,359.52 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +353%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +554%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +1295%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $2,795.62 $199.10 – $1,592.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,351.14 $53.41 – $5,967.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $691.12 $58.24 – $1,382.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,965.65 $832.54 – $849.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,492.68 $35.30 – $1,484.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,855.81 $35.30 – $4,202.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,171.68 $35.30 – $1,392.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,331.80 $35.30 – $9,452.96

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