Pretreat rbc w enzyme 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

$101.43

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.

$345.00

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.

$22.05 with Kaiser vs $243.13 with United — 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 $22.05 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $22.05 ↓ -78%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $24.79 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $24.79 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $24.79 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.79 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.79 ↓ -76%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $24.79 ↓ -76%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $47.25 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $61.23 ↓ -40%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $66.15 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $69.30 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $75.60 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $81.90 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $82.66 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $82.66 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.66 ↓ -19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $86.10 ↓ -15%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $89.25 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $94.50 ↓ -7%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $94.50 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $105.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $105.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $105.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $105.00 ↑ +4%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $105.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $105.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $137.88 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $137.88 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $243.13 ↑ +140%
United Medicare|All Plans $243.13 ↑ +140%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $219.84 $15.00 – $120.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $134.47 $37.50 – $435.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $110.72 $28.51 – $155.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $70.89 $83.52 – $566.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.79 $24.79 – $165.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $164.51 $24.79 – $102.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $24.79 – $165.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.60 $24.28 – $150.00

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