Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$1,031.36

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.

$3,508.00

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.

$527.23 with Medcore vs $28,686.00 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $527.23 ↓ -49%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $558.24 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $620.27 ↓ -40%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $620.27 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $736.68 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $736.68 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $988.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,294.00 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,558.00 ↑ +51%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $1,578.60 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,999.56 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,104.80 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,525.76 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,841.48 ↑ +176%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,876.56 ↑ +179%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,508.00 ↑ +240%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +392%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +462%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +804%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +1204%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +2681%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $583.86 – $583.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $800.67 $449.01 – $1,297.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $811.86 $87.44 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,716.15 $593.00 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,691.03 $555.48 – $3,871.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,328.01 $515.85 – $1,954.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,548.80 $555.48 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $818.80 $555.48 – $1,765.60

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