Mechlorethamine hcl inj 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

$266.96

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.

$908.00

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.

$19.37 with United vs $1,062.32 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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.37 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.36 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $55.28 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $77.70 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $144.04 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $144.04 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $209.22 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|HMO $209.22 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Options PPO $209.22 ↓ -22%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $249.30 ↓ -7%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↑ +22%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $326.18 ↑ +22%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $332.40 ↑ +25%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $353.07 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $371.65 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $371.65 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $398.88 ↑ +49%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $401.38 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $454.28 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $554.00 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $554.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $554.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $554.00 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,062.32 ↑ +298%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,062.32 ↑ +298%

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Mechlorethamine hcl inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $412.56 $19.37 – $679.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $560.84 $16.14 – $665.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $306.06 $18.01 – $748.32
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $637.30 $19.36 – $767.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $243.51 $19.37 – $748.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $14.06 – $272.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $15.22 – $272.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $18.15 – $272.62

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