Chromosome count additional 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

$10.29

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.

$35.00

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.

$6.30 with Kaiser vs $157.62 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $6.30 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $6.30 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.90 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.90 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $10.90 ↑ +6%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $10.90 ↑ +6%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $10.90 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $10.90 ↑ +6%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $19.80 ↑ +92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +110%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $22.87 ↑ +122%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $22.87 ↑ +122%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $24.22 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.60 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $26.91 ↑ +162%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.92 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $27.00 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $157.62 ↑ +1432%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $157.62 ↑ +1432%

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Chromosome count additional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $19.99 $3.50 – $28.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14.13 $10.90 – $69.33
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.94 $8.91 – $81.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $10.68 – $77.32
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $10.03 – $77.32
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $19.20 $22.87 – $53.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $31.12 $7.60 – $39.20
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $18.03 $8.74 – $32.90

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