Hemoglobin urine 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

$4.51

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.

$15.31

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.

$3.22 with Kaiser vs $23.16 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|All Other Plans $3.22 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $3.22 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $3.36 ↓ -25%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $3.36 ↓ -25%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $3.56 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|HMO $4.74 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.74 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.74 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.74 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↑ +12%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $5.03 ↑ +12%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↑ +12%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $6.89 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.19 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.65 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.11 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.03 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.95 ↑ +165%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.42 ↑ +175%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13.78 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.31 ↑ +239%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.31 ↑ +239%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.31 ↑ +239%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.31 ↑ +239%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.16 ↑ +414%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.16 ↑ +414%

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Hemoglobin urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $8.75 $1.54 – $12.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.56 $3.95 – $15.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10.20 $3.95 – $15.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.01 $3.95 – $15.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.69 $3.95 – $12.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.62 $3.95 – $12.10
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $11.92 $3.51 – $15.01
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7.89 $3.95 – $14.40

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