Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$212.57

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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.

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.

$723.00

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.

$21.58 with Kaiser vs $156.81 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 $21.58 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $21.58 ↓ -90%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $37.35 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $47.31 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $49.80 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $53.08 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $53.08 ↓ -75%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -75%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $59.76 ↓ -72%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $64.01 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $64.74 ↓ -70%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $67.78 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $68.06 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -65%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $75.31 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $83.00 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $83.00 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $83.00 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $83.00 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $83.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $83.00 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $83.00 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Options PPO $83.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $156.81 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $156.81 ↓ -26%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $282.51 $34.27 – $98.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $920.20 $52.45 – $540.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $842.80 $52.45 – $540.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $166.21 $40.80 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.80 $40.80 – $100.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.72 $53.08 – $120.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.72 $53.08 – $143.22
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $172.25 $53.08 – $282.82

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