Strep a ag ia 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

$90.85

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.

$309.00

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.

$11.73 with BCBS - Anthem vs $253.38 with MultiPlan — 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 $11.73 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.73 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.73 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.73 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $11.73 ↓ -87%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $11.73 ↓ -87%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $14.29 ↓ -84%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $14.29 ↓ -84%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $15.13 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.17 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.17 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $20.17 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.17 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $28.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.16 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $64.16 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $64.16 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $64.89 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $64.89 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $88.24 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $98.50 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $98.50 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $120.95 ↑ +33%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $139.05 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $169.95 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $185.40 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $194.67 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $222.48 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $241.02 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $253.38 ↑ +179%

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Strep a ag ia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.46 $3.36 – $49.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $101.01 $11.73 – $53.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $134.54 $11.73 – $197.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.52 $11.73 – $53.90
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $173.70 $11.73 – $150.57
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $44.09 $11.73 – $158.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $98.65 $11.73 – $222.22
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $20.22 $11.73 – $49.60

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