Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$171.99

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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.

$585.00

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.

$5.50 with Medcore vs $385.40 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|With ER $5.50 ↓ -97%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $5.50 ↓ -97%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $5.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.76 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.76 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $7.76 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.76 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.19 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.19 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $8.19 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $8.19 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -95%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $8.19 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $20.23 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.94 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.70 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $63.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $87.07 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $98.70 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $98.70 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $122.34 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $211.50 ↑ +23%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $282.00 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $296.10 ↑ +72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $338.40 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $366.60 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $385.40 ↑ +124%

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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $261.52 $6.47 – $112.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $80.16 $6.47 – $20.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.92 $1.29 – $19.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $128.01 $6.34 – $52.81
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $94.59 $6.47 – $17.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $73.26 $6.47 – $15.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $86.64 $4.86 – $19.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $158.79 $6.47 – $40.00

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