Protein s total 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

$3.83

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.

$13.00

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.

$2.52 with Kaiser vs $68.04 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 $2.52 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $2.52 ↓ -34%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $5.40 ↑ +41%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.56 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.92 ↑ +107%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.64 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.36 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.84 ↑ +157%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $9.87 ↑ +158%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $9.87 ↑ +158%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $10.45 ↑ +173%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.80 ↑ +182%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.61 ↑ +203%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.00 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.00 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.00 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↑ +213%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +213%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +213%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +213%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68.04 ↑ +1677%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.04 ↑ +1677%

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Protein s total at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $7.43 $1.20 – $9.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $41.61 $2.84 – $30.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $4.77 $2.32 – $17.03
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $100.22 $11.38 – $94.91
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.57 $6.00 – $29.93
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.00 $6.50 – $12.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.10 $3.24 – $35.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.83 $6.00 – $33.38

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