Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral 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

$37.34

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$127.00

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.

$0.08 with Kaiser vs $56.00 with Health Net — 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

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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $0.08 ↓ -100%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $0.08 ↓ -100%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $0.08 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.12 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.12 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.12 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.12 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $0.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.26 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $0.42 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $0.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.82 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $14.56 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $14.56 ↓ -61%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.60 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.32 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.92 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $56.00 ↑ +50%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $56.00 ↑ +50%

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Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $112.61 $0.15 – $0.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $270.50 $0.08 – $362.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $37.30 $0.08 – $54.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $247.75 $0.08 – $352.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $93.50 $0.08 – $44.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $20.56 $0.08 – $44.24
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $45.90 $0.16 – $0.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $45.90 $0.15 – $0.19

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