Hla typing a b or c 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

$205.56

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.

$360.00

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.

$36.00 with DHR vs $298.80 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 $36.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $58.00 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $58.00 ↓ -72%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $180.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $190.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $190.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $190.80 ↓ -7%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $216.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $223.20 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $259.20 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $262.80 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $277.20 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $288.00 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $288.00 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $298.80 ↑ +45%

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Hla typing a b or c at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $105.84 $49.30 – $295.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.56 $58.00 – $288.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $58.00 – $284.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $172.38 $56.84 – $508.92
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $185.40 $58.00 – $338.40
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $128.08 $58.00 – $230.30
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $112.46 $58.00 – $154.75
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $172.00 $57.81 – $369.70

All California hospitals for this procedure →