Chromosome study additional 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

$107.35

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.

$188.00

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.

$18.80 with DHR vs $150.40 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 $18.80 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -68%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $52.64 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $61.47 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $83.10 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $94.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $99.64 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $99.64 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.64 ↓ -7%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $112.80 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.36 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $137.24 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $144.76 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $150.40 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $150.40 ↑ +40%

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Chromosome study additional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $55.28 $17.33 – $154.16
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $114.28 $17.33 – $261.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.67 $17.33 – $261.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $69.75 $16.97 – $150.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $69.00 $16.97 – $148.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $96.82 $16.68 – $176.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $33.74 – $72.49
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $34.43 – $91.61

All California hospitals for this procedure →