Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$356.04

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.

$1,211.00

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.

$7.19 with Medcore vs $624.84 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|With ER $7.19 ↓ -98%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $7.19 ↓ -98%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.46 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.15 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.15 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $10.15 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.15 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.43 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $10.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $10.43 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $10.43 ↓ -97%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $10.43 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $25.76 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.57 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $49.57 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.48 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $83.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $113.88 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $160.02 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $160.02 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $160.02 ↓ -55%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $342.90 ↓ -4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $457.20 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $480.06 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $548.64 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $594.36 ↑ +67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $624.84 ↑ +75%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $423.69 $8.46 – $455.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $8.46 – $26.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.49 $1.69 – $107.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $465.12 $8.29 – $69.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $279.92 $8.46 – $23.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $203.13 $8.46 – $20.73
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $256.37 $6.48 – $25.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $295.32 $8.46 – $75.20

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