Electron microscopy diagnostic at St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center
2510 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1053443473
$314.05
Cash price 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.
$550.00
Gross charge 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.
$52.10 with DHR vs $521.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| DHR | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.10 | ↓ -83% |
| DHR | Commercial|All Plans | $145.88 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $230.02 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $260.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $276.13 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $276.13 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $276.13 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $310.97 | ↓ -1% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $312.60 | ↓ -0% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $375.12 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $380.33 | ↑ +21% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $401.17 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $416.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $416.80 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $521.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $521.00 | ↑ +66% |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $161.70 | $109.41 – $521.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $83.66 | $51.57 – $1,023.81 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $295.40 | $163.38 – $679.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,200.54 | $271.27 – $1,256.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $629.34 | $21.00 – $994.21 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $458.21 | $177.99 – $674.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $576.40 | $11.34 – $1,168.77 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $204.05 | $260.50 – $1,108.83 |