Assay blood catecholamines at St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center

2510 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1053443473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$76.58

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.

$134.10

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.

$2.46 with DHR vs $24.59 with Kaiser — 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
DHR Medicaid|All Plans $2.46 ↓ -97%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $6.89 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.04 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.04 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.04 ↓ -83%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $14.76 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.25 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.96 ↓ -77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.94 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.68 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $20.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -68%

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Assay blood catecholamines at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $39.43 $5.17 – $24.59
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.76 $12.30 – $83.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $49.22 $12.30 – $83.56
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $69.07 $7.14 – $24.59
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $28.50 – $204.55
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $29.08 – $258.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $29.08 – $293.14
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $29.08 – $116.94

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