#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$19.07

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.

$64.86

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.

$5.41 with Kaiser vs $114.54 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 Medicaid|> 21 $5.41 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.41 ↓ -72%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $5.41 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5.41 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5.41 ↓ -72%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $5.41 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $6.33 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $6.33 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.36 ↓ -30%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $13.57 ↓ -29%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $16.63 ↓ -13%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $16.63 ↓ -13%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $17.60 ↓ -8%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18.09 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.99 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $19.90 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.71 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.47 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $23.47 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.47 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.47 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $23.51 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.72 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $27.13 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.14 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.14 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.14 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $114.54 ↑ +501%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $114.54 ↑ +501%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $37.04 $3.02 – $24.12
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.21 $8.14 – $51.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.25 $3.91 – $54.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $137.41 $19.17 – $39.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.29 $5.41 – $50.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.25 $5.41 – $59.23
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.07 $5.41 – $56.19
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.81 $5.41 – $56.19

All California hospitals for this procedure →