Blood typing abo 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

$63.96

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.

$112.00

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.

$2.89 with DHR vs $28.87 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 $2.89 ↓ -95%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $8.09 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.44 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.31 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.31 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.31 ↓ -76%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $17.33 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.90 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20.79 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21.08 ↓ -67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22.23 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.10 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.10 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23.97 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $28.87 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28.87 ↓ -55%

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Blood typing abo at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $112.90 $3.41 – $28.87
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $3.23 – $23.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $190.30 $0.60 – $30.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $248.37 $5.98 – $179.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $93.74 $3.41 – $10.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $147.86 $2.99 – $29.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $85.85 $2.70 – $10.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.67 $3.34 – $28.87

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