Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$60.57

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.

$206.00

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.

$15.71 with Kaiser vs $74.80 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $15.71 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $15.71 ↓ -74%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $33.66 ↓ -44%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $43.61 ↓ -28%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $43.61 ↓ -28%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.88 ↓ -26%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $46.18 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $47.13 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $49.37 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $51.31 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $51.31 ↓ -15%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $53.86 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $58.35 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $61.34 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|HMO $61.57 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Options PPO $61.57 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61.57 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61.57 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $67.32 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $74.80 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $74.80 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $74.80 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $74.80 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $74.80 ↑ +23%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $73.66 $7.48 – $59.84
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.44 $20.20 – $102.62
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.93 $10.26 – $84.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $105.06 $50.28 – $281.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.44 $37.40 – $77.63
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.57 $40.49 – $73.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $90.16 $20.20 – $73.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $37.40 – $74.80

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