Assay of thiocyanate 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

$31.17

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.

$106.00

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.

$4.41 with Kaiser vs $68.13 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 $4.41 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $4.41 ↓ -86%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $9.45 ↓ -70%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $9.89 ↓ -68%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $9.89 ↓ -68%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $10.47 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -63%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.23 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.86 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $13.96 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.83 ↓ -52%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $14.83 ↓ -52%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $14.83 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.83 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $14.83 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $14.83 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.12 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.38 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.22 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $18.90 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.00 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.13 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68.13 ↑ +119%

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Assay of thiocyanate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $60.53 $2.10 – $16.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.66 $2.33 – $32.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $45.37 $11.63 – $79.87
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $41.56 $11.63 – $79.87
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $39.33 $10.50 – $33.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $10.50 – $33.42
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $82.47 $10.34 – $103.88
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54.59 $6.09 – $19.74

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