Liver Function 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

$382.79

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.

$1,302.00

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.

$6.94 with Medcore vs $636.32 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 $6.94 ↓ -98%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $6.94 ↓ -98%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.15 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.15 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $9.15 ↓ -98%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $9.15 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $9.80 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.80 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.80 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.80 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $22.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.85 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $56.41 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $56.41 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.41 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $80.25 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $109.99 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $154.54 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $162.96 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $162.96 ↓ -57%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $349.20 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $465.60 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $488.88 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $558.72 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $605.28 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $636.32 ↑ +66%

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St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $432.25 $8.17 – $413.60
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