Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$74.68

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.

$254.00

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.

$7.02 with Medcore vs $208.28 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 $7.02 ↓ -91%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $7.02 ↓ -91%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.72 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.72 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $8.72 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $8.72 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $8.72 ↓ -88%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $8.72 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $9.91 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.91 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.91 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.91 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $21.54 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.39 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.38 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.38 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.38 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $53.34 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $53.34 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $70.66 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $96.85 ↑ +30%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $114.30 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $136.08 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $152.40 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $160.02 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.88 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $198.12 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $208.28 ↑ +179%

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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $143.90 $8.26 – $201.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $93.50 $8.26 – $23.74
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $92.49 $8.03 – $23.74
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $140.60 $6.99 – $256.62
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $133.92 $8.09 – $480.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $51.60 $6.08 – $96.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $160.71 $8.26 – $411.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $40.10 $7.60 – $98.40

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