Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$476.58

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.

$1,621.00

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.

$218.81 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $218.81 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $218.81 ↓ -54%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $218.81 ↓ -54%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $218.81 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $218.81 ↓ -54%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $292.37 ↓ -39%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $309.57 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $340.41 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $340.41 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -28%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $343.97 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $540.46 ↑ +13%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $729.45 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $923.97 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $972.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,167.12 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,264.38 ↑ +165%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,313.01 ↑ +176%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,329.22 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,621.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +1856%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +2722%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +5919%

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