17-ketosteroids 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

$8.60

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.

$29.24

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.

$5.50 with Kaiser vs $74.98 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
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $5.50 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $5.50 ↓ -36%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $10.88 ↑ +27%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $10.88 ↑ +27%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $11.52 ↑ +34%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $11.78 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.36 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.36 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|HMO $15.36 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.36 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $15.70 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +90%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $16.32 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.49 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.27 ↑ +101%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.84 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.41 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21.46 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23.55 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.16 ↑ +204%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.16 ↑ +204%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.16 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.16 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.16 ↑ +204%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $74.98 ↑ +772%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $74.98 ↑ +772%

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17-ketosteroids at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $16.70 $2.62 – $20.93
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.78 $2.56 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.20 $12.80 – $32.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.26 $7.07 – $38.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.85 $12.80 – $36.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.74 $12.80 – $36.78
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $20.36 $11.38 – $25.64
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $15.06 $7.59 – $24.60

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