Encephalitis, western equine igg/igm 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

$5.10

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.

$17.34

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.

$3.47 with Kaiser vs $77.23 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 $3.47 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3.47 ↓ -32%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $7.42 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.89 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.39 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.88 ↑ +113%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $11.21 ↑ +120%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $11.21 ↑ +120%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.87 ↑ +133%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $11.87 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.86 ↑ +152%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +159%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.52 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.84 ↑ +191%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.83 ↑ +210%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.83 ↑ +210%
United Commercial|HMO $15.83 ↑ +210%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.83 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.48 ↑ +223%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.48 ↑ +223%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $16.48 ↑ +223%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.48 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.48 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.48 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.48 ↑ +223%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.48 ↑ +223%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.48 ↑ +223%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.48 ↑ +223%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $16.48 ↑ +223%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.23 ↑ +1414%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $77.23 ↑ +1414%

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Encephalitis, western equine igg/igm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $9.91 $1.65 – $13.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.92 $2.64 – $19.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $68.89 $12.93 – $107.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.43 $8.67 – $33.97
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.80 $4.69 – $39.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.44 $8.24 – $37.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.37 $8.24 – $37.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $68.89 $13.19 – $136.06

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