Prealbumin at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$213.15
Cash price 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.
$725.00
Gross charge 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.
$12.40 with Medcore vs $95.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $12.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $12.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $13.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17.51 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.51 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.51 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $19.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $42.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.19 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $57.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $59.85 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $62.70 | ↓ -71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $68.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.10 | ↓ -65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $77.90 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $85.43 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.43 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $85.50 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $95.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $95.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $95.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.00 | ↓ -55% |
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Prealbumin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $123.34 | $3.65 – $29.19 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $72.71 | $14.59 – $45.53 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $5.63 | $2.92 – $20.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $195.33 | $14.30 – $119.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $98.44 | $4.50 – $37.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $24.30 | $14.59 – $35.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $90.16 | $2.43 – $44.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $47.86 | $14.59 – $41.91 |