Histoplasmosis skin test 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

$86.73

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.

$295.00

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.

$7.40 with Kaiser vs $241.90 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.40 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.40 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $7.40 ↓ -91%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $7.40 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $7.40 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $7.40 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.29 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.29 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.29 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.61 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.61 ↓ -49%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $47.34 ↓ -45%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $50.12 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $55.69 ↓ -36%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $55.69 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $61.95 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $61.95 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $66.79 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $66.79 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $66.79 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $66.79 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $86.13 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $118.05 ↑ +36%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $132.75 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $165.87 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $177.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $185.85 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $212.40 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $230.10 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $241.90 ↑ +179%

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Histoplasmosis skin test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $167.31 $29.30 – $234.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $108.34 $7.25 – $66.79
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $107.17 $7.25 – $60.83
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $162.74 $7.40 – $297.04
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $107.70 $7.40 – $386.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $33.63 – $110.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $46.94 – $110.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $48.04 – $110.02

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