Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$154.65

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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.

$526.00

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.

$12.27 with Kaiser vs $233.14 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 $12.27 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $12.27 ↓ -92%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $26.29 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $35.06 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $38.56 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.07 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $47.91 ↓ -69%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $49.66 ↓ -68%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $52.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $52.58 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $58.42 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $58.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $58.42 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.42 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|HMO $58.42 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $58.42 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $58.42 ↓ -62%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $58.42 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $58.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $58.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $58.42 ↓ -62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $233.14 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.14 ↑ +51%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $33.36 $5.85 – $46.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.96 $10.69 – $100.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $282.54 $70.23 – $360.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.03 $21.06 – $102.55
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.97 $11.21 – $43.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $16.52 $11.38 – $120.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.41 $29.21 – $114.37
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $42.94 $29.21 – $114.37

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