Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$48.50

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.

$164.95

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.

$6.67 with Kaiser vs $87.33 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 Commercial|Affiliated Payers $6.67 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $6.67 ↓ -86%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $12.66 ↓ -74%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $12.66 ↓ -74%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $13.41 ↓ -72%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $14.28 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.88 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.88 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.88 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $17.88 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $19.01 ↓ -61%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $19.01 ↓ -61%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $19.01 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.01 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.04 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.99 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.94 ↓ -57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.84 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.75 ↓ -49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.02 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $28.55 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.72 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $31.72 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.72 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $31.72 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $31.72 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $87.33 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $87.33 ↑ +80%

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $18.12 $3.18 – $25.38
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.90 $8.57 – $39.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $2.98 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $14.60 – $120.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.13 $14.90 – $31.09
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.77 $14.90 – $42.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.65 $14.90 – $42.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.00 $14.90 – $151.75

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