Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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

$5.98

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.

$20.34

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.

$4.28 with Kaiser vs $65.97 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|All Other Plans $4.28 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $4.28 ↓ -28%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $9.16 ↑ +53%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $9.57 ↑ +60%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $9.57 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.01 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.01 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $10.01 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $10.01 ↑ +67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $10.01 ↑ +67%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $10.01 ↑ +67%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $10.13 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.26 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.21 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.82 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.43 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|HMO $13.51 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.51 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.51 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.51 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.87 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16.68 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $18.31 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.34 ↑ +240%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $20.34 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.34 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20.34 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.34 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.97 ↑ +1003%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.97 ↑ +1003%

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Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $11.62 $2.04 – $16.28
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $2.25 – $16.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $12.57 $11.03 – $90.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8.71 $9.00 – $29.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.98 $5.50 – $34.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.55 $10.01 – $32.36
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.47 $10.01 – $32.36
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12.57 $11.26 – $114.39

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