Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$37.05

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.

$126.00

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.

$13.96 with Kaiser vs $251.34 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 $13.96 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $13.96 ↓ -62%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.91 ↓ -19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.88 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $41.48 ↑ +12%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $41.48 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $41.48 ↑ +12%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $41.48 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $41.48 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $43.87 ↑ +18%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $47.34 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $47.86 ↑ +29%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $50.12 ↑ +35%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $54.50 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
United Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $55.69 ↑ +50%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $55.69 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $59.82 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $66.46 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $66.46 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $66.46 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66.46 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $66.46 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $251.34 ↑ +578%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $251.34 ↑ +578%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $37.95 $6.65 – $53.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $40.61 – $140.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $108.63 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $132.68 $24.03 – $110.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $34.03 $13.22 – $50.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.52 $12.98 – $129.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.64 $33.23 – $123.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.15 $33.23 – $123.30

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