Acute hepatitis panel 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

$348.39

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.

$1,185.00

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.

$6.93 with Kaiser vs $279.01 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $6.93 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $6.93 ↓ -98%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $20.79 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $21.78 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $23.76 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.74 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27.06 ↓ -92%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $28.05 ↓ -92%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $28.05 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $29.70 ↓ -91%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $29.70 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $33.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $33.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $33.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $33.00 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $33.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $33.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $33.00 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $279.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $279.01 ↓ -20%

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Acute hepatitis panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $620.68 $3.30 – $26.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.61 $47.63 – $148.61
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $93.90 $9.53 – $145.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $436.56 $46.68 – $330.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $110.43 $16.50 – $122.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $322.35 $47.63 – $116.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $101.14 $8.91 – $144.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $455.22 $16.50 – $136.87

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