Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$168.17

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.

$572.00

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.

$49.82 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $4,868.00 with Health Net — 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
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $49.82 ↓ -70%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $49.82 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $57.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $57.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $57.17 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $57.17 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $106.89 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $106.89 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $156.05 ↓ -7%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $229.05 ↑ +36%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $254.09 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $280.28 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $280.28 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $291.72 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
United Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $298.93 ↑ +78%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $298.93 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $305.40 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $354.64 ↑ +111%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $366.48 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $401.04 ↑ +138%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $401.04 ↑ +138%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $401.04 ↑ +138%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $417.38 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $430.92 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $509.00 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|HMO $509.00 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Options PPO $509.00 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $509.00 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $509.00 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,157.00 ↑ +588%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,262.00 ↑ +2434%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,868.00 ↑ +2795%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $420.48 $68.09 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $298.17 $42.14 – $449.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $442.68 $286.64 – $292.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $57.17 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $339.00 $32.86 – $124.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $57.17 – $807.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $243.38 $57.17 – $437.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $240.76 $57.17 – $437.06

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