Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$271.95

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.

$925.00

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.

$13.92 with Medcore vs $758.50 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
Medcore Commercial|With ER $13.92 ↓ -95%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $13.92 ↓ -95%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $14.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $19.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $20.88 ↓ -92%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $95.98 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $95.98 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $113.23 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $113.23 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $113.23 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $145.75 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $194.25 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $194.25 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $199.77 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $280.70 ↑ +3%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $416.25 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $555.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $582.75 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $666.00 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $721.50 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $758.50 ↑ +179%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $223.84 $16.38 – $313.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $217.69 $16.38 – $387.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $3.28 – $31.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $141.78 $16.05 – $121.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $16.38 – $49.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $121.22 $16.38 – $178.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $13.50 – $49.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $192.18 $16.38 – $108.00

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