Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$19.11

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$65.00

Gross charge

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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.

$3.71 with BCBS - Anthem vs $53.30 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.71 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5.09 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.15 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.79 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9.10 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.58 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.58 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $9.98 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.98 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.98 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10.34 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $16.90 ↓ -12%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $21.45 ↑ +12%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $21.45 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.88 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.88 ↑ +41%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.25 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +179%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $65.33 $1.29 – $13.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $4.92 – $43.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $65.33 $1.40 – $13.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $65.33 $1.67 – $13.01
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $65.33 $3.30 – $15.90
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $65.33 $1.67 – $1.67
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $65.33 $1.39 – $13.01
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $61.49 $1.71 – $13.01

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