Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$37.12

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.

$65.00

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.

$1.87 with DHR vs $14.95 with Cigna — 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 $1.87 ↓ -95%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.34 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.91 ↓ -73%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $11.21 ↓ -70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.45 ↓ -64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.64 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.95 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.95 ↓ -60%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19.11 $3.93 – $15.70
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $28.47 $17.55 – $50.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $36.93 $3.45 – $57.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $106.03 $16.92 – $37.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $27.82 $9.34 – $18.31
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.29 $4.81 – $18.19
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.48 $5.05 – $18.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.12 $9.34 – $14.95

All California hospitals for this procedure →