Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$26.76

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.

$91.01

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.

$16.78 with Medcore vs $115.62 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
Medcore Commercial|With ER $16.78 ↓ -37%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $16.78 ↓ -37%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $19.12 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $19.12 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|HMO $23.69 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.69 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.69 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.69 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.17 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.17 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $25.17 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $25.17 ↓ -6%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $25.17 ↓ -6%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $25.17 ↓ -6%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $40.96 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $54.61 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $57.34 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60.07 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $62.17 ↑ +132%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.53 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $70.99 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $74.63 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $81.91 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $91.01 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.01 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $91.01 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $91.01 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $115.62 ↑ +332%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $115.62 ↑ +332%

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $51.97 $9.11 – $72.81
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.83 $19.74 – $222.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $3.95 – $28.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $138.21 $19.35 – $161.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.96 $10.75 – $50.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $61.68 $19.74 – $90.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.68 $6.67 – $59.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.77 $19.74 – $72.81

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