Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$378.38

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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.

$1,287.00

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.

$51.30 with HPSJ vs $1,226.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $51.30 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $51.30 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $63.71 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $63.71 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $63.71 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $63.71 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $157.36 ↓ -58%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $254.09 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $257.46 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $257.46 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $298.93 ↓ -21%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $298.93 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $344.73 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $347.64 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Options PPO $347.64 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|HMO $347.64 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $411.11 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $411.11 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $411.11 ↑ +9%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $551.70 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $630.63 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $630.63 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $656.37 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $698.82 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $735.60 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $797.94 ↑ +111%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $882.72 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $956.28 ↑ +153%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,005.32 ↑ +166%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,226.00 ↑ +224%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $646.49 $68.70 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $343.87 $42.14 – $498.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,412.19 $286.64 – $452.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $63.71 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $577.43 $4.14 – $16.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $63.71 – $807.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $543.52 $63.71 – $1,201.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $537.66 $63.71 – $1,201.30

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