Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$89.94

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.

$157.50

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.

$8.80 with DHR vs $79.33 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 $8.80 ↓ -90%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $24.64 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.64 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $46.64 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $46.64 ↓ -48%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $52.80 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $54.56 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.36 ↓ -30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $64.24 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $67.76 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.40 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $70.40 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $73.04 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $79.33 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $79.33 ↓ -12%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $46.31 $17.64 – $84.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.21 $35.37 – $102.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $144.60 $11.88 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $219.30 $66.86 – $146.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.79 $28.64 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $21.74 – $82.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $28.64 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $28.06 – $101.42

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