Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$43.81

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.

$149.00

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.

$1.62 with Health Net vs $53.30 with MultiPlan — 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
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.62 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.70 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.70 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1.83 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $3.32 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.32 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.32 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.73 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4.79 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.79 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11.39 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $15.60 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $16.90 ↓ -61%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $21.45 ↓ -51%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $21.45 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.93 ↓ -50%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.25 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↑ +7%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +22%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.45 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $73.19 $2.17 – $84.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.04 $1.70 – $84.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.53 $0.95 – $25.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.80 $1.85 – $25.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $4.29 – $4.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $4.36 – $5.12
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $84.15 $5.14 – $5.14

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