Coombs direct 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

$112.49

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.

$197.00

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.

$2.63 with DHR vs $26.25 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 $2.63 ↓ -98%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.92 ↓ -88%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $15.75 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.28 ↓ -86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.17 ↓ -83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.22 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $21.79 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -77%

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Coombs direct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $140.24 $5.52 – $26.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $90.67 $5.83 – $43.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $80.90 $1.08 – $7.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $10.78 – $79.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $6.18 – $16.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $97.24 $5.39 – $27.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $4.32 – $16.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.30 $6.47 – $26.25

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