Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$31.94

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.

$55.92

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.

$2.72 with DHR vs $22.56 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 $2.72 ↓ -91%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.41 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.41 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.41 ↓ -55%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $16.31 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.85 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19.57 ↓ -39%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.84 ↓ -38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.93 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.74 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.74 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $22.56 ↓ -29%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16.45 $5.71 – $27.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11.91 $4.28 – $44.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.69 $3.37 – $27.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $16.53 – $137.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.94 $13.59 – $43.49
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $18.10 $14.71 – $26.63
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.93 $7.34 – $51.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.75 $13.59 – $48.50

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