Assay blood catecholamines at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$39.43
Cash price 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.
$134.10
Gross charge 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.
$5.17 with Kaiser vs $170.33 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $5.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $11.07 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $14.76 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $15.50 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16.23 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17.71 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.19 | ↓ -51% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.17 | ↓ -49% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $20.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $20.91 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $22.14 | ↓ -44% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $22.14 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $170.33 | ↑ +332% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $170.33 | ↑ +332% |
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Assay blood catecholamines at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $76.58 | $2.46 – $19.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $49.76 | $12.30 – $83.56 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.22 | $12.30 – $83.56 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $69.07 | $7.14 – $24.59 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $28.50 – $204.55 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $29.08 – $258.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $29.08 – $293.14 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $29.08 – $116.94 |