Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$69.09

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.

$235.00

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.

$18.75 with HPSJ vs $2,227.00 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 $18.75 ↓ -73%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $18.75 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.52 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.52 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $21.52 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $21.52 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $44.52 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $44.52 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $58.71 ↓ -15%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $85.83 ↑ +24%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $90.88 ↑ +32%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $95.40 ↑ +38%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $100.98 ↑ +46%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $109.27 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $109.27 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $113.73 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $127.20 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $138.26 ↑ +100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $152.64 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $165.23 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $165.23 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $165.23 ↑ +139%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $173.84 ↑ +152%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $180.63 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|Options PPO $212.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|HMO $212.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $212.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $212.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $212.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,227.00 ↑ +3123%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $121.77 $26.47 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $83.08 $14.23 – $125.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $97.03 – $99.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $153.23 $21.52 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $132.54 $13.20 – $49.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $140.34 $21.52 – $314.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $243.38 $21.52 – $437.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $240.76 $21.52 – $437.06

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