Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$441.59

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.

$1,502.00

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.

$51.67 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,502.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $51.67 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $51.67 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $51.67 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $51.67 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $64.59 ↓ -85%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $64.59 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $202.34 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $315.42 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $315.42 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $319.26 ↓ -28%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $375.54 ↓ -15%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $397.63 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $437.60 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $441.81 ↑ +0%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $441.81 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $614.86 ↑ +39%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $675.90 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $901.20 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,081.44 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,231.64 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $1,261.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,261.68 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,336.78 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,502.00 ↑ +240%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $746.87 $130.80 – $1,046.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $736.28 $63.55 – $1,311.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $435.74 $62.28 – $776.97
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,549.38 $265.44 – $513.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $636.44 $51.67 – $1,457.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $568.10 $51.67 – $804.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $582.91 $51.67 – $1,457.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $429.99 $51.67 – $927.20

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