Fetal fibronectin 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

$967.28

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.

$1,694.00

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.

$64.41 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,355.20 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -93%
DHR Medicaid|All Plans $169.40 ↓ -82%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $474.32 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $847.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $897.82 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $897.82 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $897.82 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $932.00 ↓ -4%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,016.40 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,219.68 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,236.62 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,260.00 ↑ +30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,304.38 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,355.20 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,355.20 ↑ +40%

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Fetal fibronectin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $520.97 $54.75 – $1,453.04
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $431.87 $64.41 – $200.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $121.44 $12.88 – $188.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $820.59 $63.12 – $1,099.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,006.23 $51.52 – $230.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $620.72 $56.19 – $913.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $921.60 $51.52 – $230.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $448.54 $56.19 – $589.60

All California hospitals for this procedure →