Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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

$588.13

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.

$1,030.00

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.

$10.56 with Kaiser vs $733.60 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $73.26 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|All Plans $91.70 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $99.04 ↓ -83%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $256.76 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $458.50 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $486.01 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $486.01 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $486.01 ↓ -17%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $550.20 ↓ -6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $660.24 ↑ +12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $669.41 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $706.09 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $733.60 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $733.60 ↑ +25%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $463.05 $8.98 – $771.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $230.83 $10.56 – $32.95
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.76 $2.11 – $132.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $540.60 $10.35 – $86.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $384.35 $5.59 – $27.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $219.78 $10.56 – $25.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $352.02 $3.02 – $31.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $366.18 $10.56 – $76.00

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