Iron binding capacity 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

$80.27

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.

$273.00

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.

$7.43 with Medcore vs $223.86 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 $7.43 ↓ -91%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $7.43 ↓ -91%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.88 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.88 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $9.88 ↓ -88%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $9.88 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.49 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.49 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $10.49 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.49 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.97 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.97 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.97 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.19 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.19 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $57.33 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $57.33 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $67.16 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $92.05 ↑ +15%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $122.85 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $129.34 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $163.80 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $171.99 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $196.56 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $212.94 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $223.86 ↑ +179%

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Iron binding capacity at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $154.75 $8.74 – $216.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $100.74 $8.74 – $27.27
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $1.75 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $217.77 $8.57 – $55.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $168.64 $2.34 – $22.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $154.45 $1.27 – $26.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $96.84 $8.74 – $83.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $95.79 $8.74 – $82.16

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