Infect ag if varicella zoster 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

$17.73

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.

$60.28

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.

$11.41 with Medcore vs $78.58 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
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $11.41 ↓ -36%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $11.41 ↓ -36%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $12.08 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $12.66 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $12.66 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.49 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $14.49 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↓ -18%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -18%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.10 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $16.10 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.10 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.10 ↓ -9%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $27.13 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $35.79 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.17 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $37.98 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.79 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $43.41 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $47.02 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.43 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $54.26 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.28 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.28 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.28 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60.28 ↑ +240%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.58 ↑ +343%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.58 ↑ +343%

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Infect ag if varicella zoster at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $34.42 $6.03 – $48.23
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.41 $13.42 – $47.02
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $25.80 $13.42 – $35.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $40.15 $13.42 – $59.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.63 $9.80 – $40.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.37 $13.42 – $48.23
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $22.13 $13.42 – $47.63
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $46.90 $10.10 – $35.54

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