17/100
#2,257 nationally
St Joseph's Medical Center Of Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA 95204 · (209) 943-2000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph's Medical Center Of Stockton billed $6.76 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #186
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
830 | $170,717 | $25,823 | +162% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
650 | $57,552 | $3,738 | +196% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
315 | $58,655 | $4,458 | +132% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $100,299 | $15,064 | +48% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $113,063 | $17,290 | +160% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $12,754 | $2,216 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $31,299 | $4,224 | +64% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $61,985 | $7,099 | +126% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $41,605 | $4,733 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $25,251 | $2,611 | +115% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$169,011 | $16,330 | +271% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$119,376 | $11,291 | +270% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$152,439 | $11,162 | +269% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$275,015 | $26,043 | +261% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,222 | $2,205 | +249% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$127,836 | $15,548 | +214% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$148,075 | $17,047 | +213% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$112,663 | $12,083 | +208% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$47,421 | $16,899 | -11% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$154,573 | $41,326 | about average |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,916 | $26,656 | +11% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$106,282 | $23,992 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,337 | $44,985 | +11% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$138,779 | $41,898 | +11% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$270,434 | $78,976 | +12% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$229,897 | $62,443 | +21% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.