Transferrin 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

$85.56

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.

$291.00

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.

$10.85 with Medcore vs $99.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Medcore Commercial|With ER $10.85 ↓ -87%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $10.85 ↓ -87%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $11.48 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.31 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.31 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $15.31 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.31 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $15.79 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $15.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $15.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $15.79 ↓ -82%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $15.79 ↓ -82%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $15.79 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $20.79 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $20.79 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $39.00 ↓ -54%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $44.55 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $59.40 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $62.37 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $65.34 ↓ -24%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $71.28 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $74.71 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $74.71 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $77.22 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.18 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $88.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $88.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $88.22 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $89.10 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $99.00 ↑ +16%

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Transferrin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $182.15 $12.76 – $231.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $84.54 $2.59 – $33.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $24.41 $2.55 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $167.79 $12.50 – $107.28
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.11 $4.78 – $32.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $194.48 $12.76 – $31.27
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.92 $2.59 – $38.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $51.57 $12.76 – $81.60

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