Acetone qualitative at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$79.97

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.

$272.00

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.

$3.84 with Medcore vs $223.04 with MultiPlan — 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $3.84 ↓ -95%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $3.84 ↓ -95%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $4.07 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.39 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5.39 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -93%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $5.39 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.42 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.42 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.42 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $5.42 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.31 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.50 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.50 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $31.22 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.22 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $31.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $44.42 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $57.12 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $57.12 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $60.88 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.55 ↑ +7%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $122.40 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $163.20 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $171.36 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $195.84 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $212.16 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $223.04 ↑ +179%

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Acetone qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $106.78 $4.52 – $149.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $143.82 $4.43 – $36.93
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.87 $4.52 – $183.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.85 $4.52 – $86.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.45 $4.52 – $85.32
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $84.66 $4.43 – $39.71
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $52.13 $2.36 – $4.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $78.80 $4.52 – $143.82

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