Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$24.99

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.

$85.00

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.

$0.67 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 $0.67 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.70 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.70 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.75 ↓ -97%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $0.79 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $0.79 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1.24 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.27 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $1.27 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.27 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1.70 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.34 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2.34 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.38 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $16.90 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -32%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.25 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↑ +56%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↑ +87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +113%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $0.46 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $0.43 – $1.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.61 $0.76 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.92 $0.70 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.83 $0.37 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.17 $0.69 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $0.47 – $1.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $0.56 – $1.53

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