Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$12.97

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.

$44.11

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.

$3.29 with Kaiser vs $96.34 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 $3.29 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3.29 ↓ -75%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $7.03 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.38 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.85 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.31 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.25 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.19 ↓ -6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.81 ↓ -1%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $13.28 ↑ +2%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $13.28 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.06 ↑ +8%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $14.06 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $15.62 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.62 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $15.62 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $15.62 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $15.62 ↑ +20%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $15.62 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.62 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.62 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $15.62 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.62 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.62 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.34 ↑ +643%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.34 ↑ +643%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.19 $1.57 – $12.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $3.29 – $24.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.88 $16.45 – $43.23
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.30 $11.91 – $49.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.37 $7.81 – $47.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.19 $7.81 – $47.26
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $34.32 $14.63 – $43.23
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $22.72 $4.53 – $15.62

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