Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$74.68
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.
$254.00
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.
$14.53 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,731.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -81% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $53.34 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.34 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.54 | ↓ -24% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $114.30 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $124.46 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $124.46 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $129.54 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $139.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $139.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $139.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $152.40 | ↑ +104% |
| Medcore | Commercial|Without ER | $155.45 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $157.48 | ↑ +111% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $164.59 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| Medcore | Commercial|With ER | $182.88 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $205.74 | ↑ +175% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $208.28 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +4081% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,262.00 | ↑ +5607% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +5627% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,694.00 | ↑ +6185% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,868.00 | ↑ +6418% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,956.00 | ↑ +6536% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +7946% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,731.00 | ↑ +10252% |
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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $73.09 | $12.80 – $128.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $212.43 | $17.87 – $365.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $48.44 | $20.89 – $67.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $456.96 | $179.30 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $219.14 | $14.53 – $699.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $161.84 | $14.53 – $154.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $200.71 | $14.53 – $501.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $119.47 | $14.53 – $264.04 |