Bundled special stain group 2 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

$57.66

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.

$100.98

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.

$3.82 with DHR vs $38.17 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 $3.82 ↓ -93%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $10.69 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.09 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.13 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↓ -65%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $22.91 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $27.22 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.49 ↓ -52%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $27.87 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $29.40 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.54 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.54 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $38.17 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $38.17 ↓ -34%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $191.69 $8.02 – $38.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $75.34 $16.20 – $186.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $165.24 $23.74 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $130.63 $16.50 – $181.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.60 $19.15 – $72.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $119.64 $8.91 – $212.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.48 $19.09 – $201.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $37.07 $19.09 – $201.86

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