Phosphorus 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

$26.84

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.

$47.00

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.

$0.65 with DHR vs $5.38 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 $0.65 ↓ -98%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $1.82 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.24 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.43 ↓ -87%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $3.89 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.02 ↓ -85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.66 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.73 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.99 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.18 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5.18 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5.38 ↓ -80%

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Phosphorus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $140.24 $1.36 – $6.47
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $125.71 $4.74 – $14.79
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $29.42 $0.95 – $15.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $130.56 $4.65 – $38.63
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $111.28 $3.24 – $12.21
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $71.27 $4.74 – $75.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $101.92 $1.75 – $14.35
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.41 $3.24 – $13.62

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