Insitu hybridization manual 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

$86.71

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.

$151.84

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.

$15.19 with DHR vs $151.84 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 $15.19 ↓ -82%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $42.52 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $75.92 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.48 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $80.48 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $80.48 ↓ -7%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $91.11 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $94.15 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $109.33 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $110.85 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $116.92 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $121.48 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $121.48 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $126.03 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $151.84 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $151.84 ↑ +75%

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Insitu hybridization manual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $44.65 $31.89 – $151.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.56 $71.94 – $388.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $756.84 $483.05 – $702.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $35.90 – $249.65
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $76.06 $29.55 – $111.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $19.39 – $293.49
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $56.34 $75.41 – $278.43
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55.73 $75.41 – $278.43

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