Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$48.51

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.

$165.00

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.

$14.49 with Kaiser vs $69.00 with Health Net — 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 $14.49 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $14.49 ↓ -70%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $31.05 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $41.40 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $43.47 ↓ -10%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $43.61 ↓ -10%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $43.61 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $45.54 ↓ -6%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $46.18 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.68 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↑ +6%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $53.82 ↑ +11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $56.58 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61.57 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Options PPO $61.57 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61.57 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|HMO $61.57 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $62.10 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $69.00 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $69.00 ↑ +42%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $103.93 $6.90 – $55.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.80 $27.00 – $102.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $50.00 – $98.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.57 $51.31 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $27.00 – $98.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.30 $34.50 – $69.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $34.50 – $69.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $88.58 $20.01 – $64.86

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