Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$274.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$934.00

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.

$17.96 with HPSJ vs $2,227.00 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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $17.96 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $17.96 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $20.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $20.61 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.61 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $56.27 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $102.90 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $102.90 ↓ -63%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $220.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $284.20 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $284.20 ↑ +3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $294.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $352.80 ↑ +28%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $400.01 ↑ +46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $401.80 ↑ +46%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $423.54 ↑ +54%
United Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $470.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $490.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $490.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|HMO $490.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $490.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $490.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $490.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $490.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $490.00 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,266.00 ↑ +361%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,585.00 ↑ +477%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,657.00 ↑ +503%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,227.00 ↑ +711%

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Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $529.98 $25.35 – $958.65
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $249.96 $29.63 – $479.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $472.26 $445.12 – $454.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $469.09 $20.61 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,096.91 $20.61 – $1,614.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $429.64 $20.61 – $9,050.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $322.60 $20.61 – $635.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $537.03 $468.99 – $468.99

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