Calprotectin fecal 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

$11.76

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.

$40.00

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.

$4.49 with Kaiser vs $114.99 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|All Other Plans $4.49 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $4.49 ↓ -62%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $9.62 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.83 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.47 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.11 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.67 ↑ +42%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $16.69 ↑ +42%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $16.69 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $17.45 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $17.45 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +48%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $17.45 ↑ +48%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.53 ↑ +49%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $17.67 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $19.24 ↑ +64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.37 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.37 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.37 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.37 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.37 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.37 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|HMO $21.37 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.37 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $21.37 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $114.99 ↑ +878%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $114.99 ↑ +878%

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Calprotectin fecal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $22.84 $2.14 – $17.10
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $52.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $159.00 $3.93 – $246.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.25 $19.24 – $160.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.12 $15.70 – $50.58
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.64 $17.45 – $39.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $15.68 $10.80 – $59.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.84 $10.69 – $56.41

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