Breath test analysis c-14 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$185.52
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.
$631.00
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.
$66.36 with Kaiser vs $906.79 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 | $66.36 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $66.36 | ↓ -64% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $80.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $80.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $84.97 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $142.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $189.60 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $208.56 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $212.42 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $212.42 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $212.42 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $212.42 | ↑ +14% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $227.52 | ↑ +23% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $259.12 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $284.40 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $295.93 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $295.93 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $295.93 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $316.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $906.79 | ↑ +389% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $906.79 | ↑ +389% |
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Breath test analysis c-14 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $428.91 | $94.41 – $631.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $230.40 | $94.41 – $496.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $227.91 | $94.41 – $490.59 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,023.85 | $94.41 – $1,289.68 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $330.12 | $94.41 – $300.80 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $515.90 | $94.41 – $394.32 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $191.65 | $94.41 – $370.44 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $152.43 | $94.41 – $255.78 |