Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$25.29

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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.

$86.00

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.

$3.47 with Kaiser vs $94.18 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|Affiliated Payers $3.47 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $3.47 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $6.99 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $6.99 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $6.99 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.99 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.99 ↓ -72%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $6.99 ↓ -72%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $7.43 ↓ -71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.90 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.40 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.89 ↓ -57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.87 ↓ -49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.53 ↓ -47%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $13.66 ↓ -46%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $13.66 ↓ -46%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.85 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.50 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.50 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|HMO $16.50 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.50 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.50 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.50 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $94.18 ↑ +272%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $94.18 ↑ +272%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $47.40 $1.65 – $13.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $4.46 – $42.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.95 $3.21 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $284.58 $15.75 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.53 $6.99 – $41.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $31.36 $6.99 – $16.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.73 $4.46 – $48.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.72 $6.84 – $46.20

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