Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr 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

$159.35

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$542.00

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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.

$15.20 with HPSJ vs $163.18 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $15.20 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $15.20 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.17 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.17 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $18.17 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.31 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.31 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.69 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.39 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $51.30 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $51.74 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $51.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $54.00 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $54.00 ↓ -66%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $58.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $79.72 ↓ -50%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $89.55 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $109.21 ↓ -31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $119.40 ↓ -25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $143.28 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $153.50 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $163.18 ↑ +2%

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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $203.24 $18.17 – $196.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $274.74 $18.36 – $27.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $660.84 $18.17 – $821.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $462.17 $13.64 – $940.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $245.98 $13.64 – $194.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $243.33 $15.15 – $206.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $274.74 $18.36 – $30.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $274.74 $18.04 – $35.86

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