Apheresis plasma 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

$2,334.36

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.

$7,940.00

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.

$877.59 with Kaiser vs $6,897.00 with Health Net — 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 $877.59 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $877.59 ↓ -62%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $977.29 ↓ -58%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $977.29 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,157.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,585.00 ↓ -32%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,976.94 ↓ -15%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $2,089.50 ↓ -10%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $2,093.23 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,227.00 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $2,325.81 ↓ -0%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,507.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,008.88 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,044.13 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,426.78 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|HMO $3,510.36 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,510.36 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,719.31 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,179.00 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +159%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +195%

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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,189.29 – $2,189.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,230.31 $1,121.46 – $5,106.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,511.95 $1,041.39 – $3,779.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $949.39 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $986.13 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,260.91 $2,211.33 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,487.49 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,901.90 $2,167.10 – $4,737.00

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