Cystine urine quantitative 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

$17.61

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.

$59.88

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.

$8.64 with Kaiser vs $134.64 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|Affiliated Payers $8.64 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $8.64 ↓ -51%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +5%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $19.53 ↑ +11%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $19.53 ↑ +11%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $20.68 ↑ +17%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $24.69 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.92 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $26.34 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $26.34 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $26.34 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $26.34 ↑ +50%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $26.34 ↑ +50%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $26.34 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.16 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $27.58 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.58 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|HMO $27.58 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.58 ↑ +57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.63 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.09 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.74 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $37.03 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $41.14 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.14 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $41.14 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.14 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $41.14 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $134.64 ↑ +665%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $134.64 ↑ +665%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $34.20 $4.12 – $32.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.06 $4.60 – $39.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $61.53 $20.57 – $59.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.89 $22.98 – $58.69
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $56.35 $11.11 – $69.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.22 $20.57 – $66.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.98 $20.57 – $66.05
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $46.59 $18.36 – $40.32

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