Natriuretic peptide 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

$228.15

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.

$776.00

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.

$7.35 with Kaiser vs $229.99 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 $7.35 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $7.35 ↓ -97%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $15.75 ↓ -93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.05 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $23.10 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $27.30 ↓ -88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.70 ↓ -87%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $29.75 ↓ -87%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $29.75 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $30.15 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $30.15 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $30.15 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $30.15 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $30.15 ↓ -87%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $30.15 ↓ -87%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $31.50 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.00 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.00 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $35.00 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $35.00 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $229.99 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $229.99 ↑ +1%

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Natriuretic peptide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $335.75 $3.50 – $28.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $164.69 $39.26 – $122.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $73.87 $7.85 – $94.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $300.90 $38.47 – $277.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $231.98 $17.50 – $101.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $323.01 $18.95 – $35.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $212.47 $9.45 – $118.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.68 $17.50 – $112.82

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