Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$46.31

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.

$157.50

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.

$17.64 with Kaiser vs $206.74 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 $17.64 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -62%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $28.64 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -38%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -38%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $52.92 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $55.44 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.48 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $65.52 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $68.88 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $70.74 ↑ +53%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $71.40 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $75.60 ↑ +63%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $75.60 ↑ +63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $84.00 ↑ +81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $84.00 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $84.00 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +81%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $84.00 ↑ +81%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.28 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $84.28 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $206.74 ↑ +346%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $206.74 ↑ +346%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $89.94 $8.80 – $70.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.21 $35.37 – $102.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $144.60 $11.88 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $219.30 $66.86 – $146.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.79 $28.64 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $21.74 – $82.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $28.64 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $28.06 – $101.42

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