_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$67.33

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.

$229.00

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.

$10.50 with Kaiser vs $117.43 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|All Other Plans $10.50 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $10.50 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.24 ↓ -76%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.24 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.24 ↓ -76%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $16.24 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.24 ↓ -76%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $17.04 ↓ -75%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $17.04 ↓ -75%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -70%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $22.50 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $24.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.06 ↓ -64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.50 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $33.00 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $39.00 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $40.11 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.00 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $45.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $117.43 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $117.43 ↑ +74%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $33.12 $5.20 – $41.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.05 $14.04 – $53.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $160.14 $19.65 – $163.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.76 $16.04 – $79.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $33.39 $16.24 – $49.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $16.04 – $94.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.30 $16.24 – $57.61
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.09 $16.24 – $57.61

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