Enzyme histochemistry 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

$182.24

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.

$619.85

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.

$24.97 with Kaiser vs $1,159.02 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $24.97 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $24.97 ↓ -86%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $53.49 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $70.40 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $71.32 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $85.58 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $96.49 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $97.47 ↓ -47%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $98.66 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $98.66 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $98.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $98.66 ↓ -46%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $98.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $98.66 ↓ -46%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $101.04 ↓ -45%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $106.98 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $118.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $118.86 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|HMO $118.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $118.86 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $118.86 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $118.86 ↓ -35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $118.86 ↓ -35%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $118.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $675.09 ↑ +270%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $675.09 ↑ +270%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,159.02 ↑ +536%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,159.02 ↑ +536%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $67.87 $11.89 – $95.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,351.50 $58.53 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.99 $29.79 – $296.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.05 $16.09 – $349.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $229.97 $59.43 – $331.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $227.49 $59.43 – $331.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,770.21 $73.97 – $1,256.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $993.99 $83.88 – $1,256.40

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