Cholinesterase 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

$8.06

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.

$14.10

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.

$1.21 with DHR vs $10.03 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $1.21 ↓ -85%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $3.39 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.41 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.41 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.41 ↓ -20%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $7.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.49 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.87 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.87 ↓ -2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.70 ↑ +8%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8.82 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.31 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.67 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.67 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.03 ↑ +24%

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Cholinesterase at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4.15 $2.54 – $12.08
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.81 $3.58 – $20.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.89 $1.57 – $11.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.67 $6.04 – $20.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $13.11 $7.87 – $19.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.20 $3.26 – $23.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.24 $6.04 – $22.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.18 $6.04 – $22.64

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