IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 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

$288.12

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.

$980.00

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.

$19.27 with HPSJ vs $1,585.00 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 $19.27 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $19.27 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.11 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.11 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.11 ↓ -92%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $55.64 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $60.37 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $65.46 ↓ -77%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $65.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $155.16 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $155.16 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $155.16 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $196.14 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $196.14 ↓ -32%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $420.30 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $480.20 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $480.20 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $499.80 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $560.40 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $607.60 ↑ +111%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $672.48 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $765.88 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|HMO $934.00 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $934.00 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $934.00 ↑ +224%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $934.00 ↑ +224%
United Commercial|Options PPO $934.00 ↑ +224%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,160.00 ↑ +303%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,585.00 ↑ +450%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $240.90 $27.20 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $68.24 $9.23 – $98.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $642.60 $63.10 – $64.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $93.74 $22.11 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $542.79 $22.11 – $611.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $85.85 $22.11 – $199.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $178.83 $22.11 – $448.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $176.90 $22.11 – $381.30

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