Mlh1 gene 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

$105.84

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.

$360.00

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.

$75.60 with Kaiser vs $1,126.59 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 $75.60 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $75.60 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $162.00 ↑ +53%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $163.47 ↑ +54%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $163.47 ↑ +54%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $173.09 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $216.00 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|HMO $230.78 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $230.78 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $230.78 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Options PPO $230.78 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $237.60 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $259.20 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $295.20 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $324.00 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $360.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $360.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $360.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $360.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $360.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,126.59 ↑ +964%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,126.59 ↑ +964%

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Mlh1 gene at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $88.08 $38.46 – $317.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $182.50 – $495.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $239.76 $192.32 – $352.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $98.55 – $582.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.56 $180.00 – $552.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $180.00 – $552.67
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $283.97 $189.80 – $357.70
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $198.93 $192.32 – $365.00

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