Cheapest hospitals in Stockton, CA without insurance
Of 5 hospitals in the Stockton, CA area we can compare, St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton (Stockton) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 54% below the California median across 225 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 29, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton | 54% below | 191 of 225 | 34 of 225 |
| 2. St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton | 38% below | 80 of 120 | 40 of 120 |
| 3. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca | 31% above | 29 of 417 | 308 of 417 |
| 4. Dameron Hospital Stockton | 72% above | 43 of 226 | 183 of 226 |
| 5. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy | 97% above | 10 of 202 | 191 of 202 |
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How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.