Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$6.18
Cash price 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.
$21.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.30 with United vs $12.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $0.30 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.30 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.30 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.33 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $0.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $0.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $0.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $3.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.96 | ↓ -36% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.96 | ↓ -36% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $5.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7.20 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7.80 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8.64 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.84 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $10.80 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $11.42 | $1.10 – $8.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $0.30 – $15.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8.20 | $0.40 – $3.71 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.97 | $0.30 – $61.74 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $20.37 | $7.92 – $29.97 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24.70 | $0.30 – $61.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9.28 | $0.30 – $12.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9.18 | $0.30 – $11.85 |