Methacholine chloride 0.0625 mg/ml nebulization soln at St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center

2510 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1053443473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$87.37

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.

$153.00

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.

$14.70 with DHR vs $117.60 with Cigna — 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
DHR Medicaid|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -83%
DHR Commercial|All Plans $41.16 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.91 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $77.91 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $77.91 ↓ -11%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $88.20 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $105.84 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $107.31 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.19 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $117.60 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $117.60 ↑ +35%

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Methacholine chloride 0.0625 mg/ml nebulization soln at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $235.20 $1.09 – $588.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $100.43 $0.69 – $176.72
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $583.20 $0.54 – $374.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $64.73 $0.62 – $232.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $471.75 $0.78 – $1,062.72
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $202.45 $0.69 – $496.80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $147.96 $0.72 – $89.64
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $308.26 $0.83 – $119.56

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