Ghs semen analysis fert 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

$158.76

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.

$540.00

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.

$10.46 with Medcore vs $442.80 with MultiPlan — 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $10.46 ↓ -93%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $10.46 ↓ -93%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $11.08 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.77 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.77 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $14.77 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.77 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.10 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $72.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $83.26 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.26 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $83.26 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $113.40 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $113.40 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $147.07 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $201.59 ↑ +27%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $243.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $283.24 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $324.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $340.20 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $388.80 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $421.20 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $442.80 ↑ +179%

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Ghs semen analysis fert at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $306.06 $12.31 – $428.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $93.74 $12.31 – $166.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $401.04 $12.31 – $46.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $367.31 $12.31 – $46.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $198.12 $12.31 – $415.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $195.98 $12.31 – $410.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $468.18 $12.31 – $154.53
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $63.35 $12.31 – $115.62

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