Blood count spun microhematocrit 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

$40.58

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.

$138.00

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.

$2.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $113.16 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $2.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $2.91 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2.91 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2.91 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $2.91 ↓ -93%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $2.91 ↓ -93%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $5.95 ↓ -85%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $5.95 ↓ -85%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $6.30 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $7.19 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.40 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.40 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $8.40 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $23.20 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $28.98 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $28.98 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $31.80 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.00 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.68 ↑ +10%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $62.10 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $82.80 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $86.94 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $99.36 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $107.64 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.16 ↑ +179%

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Blood count spun microhematocrit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $78.23 $7.00 – $109.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50.83 $2.85 – $20.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.28 $2.85 – $20.12
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $75.71 $2.91 – $138.18
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $4.01 $2.42 – $24.37
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $12.33 $2.03 – $37.35
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $12.17 $2.03 – $23.52
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $9.81 $2.03 – $36.00

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