Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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

$65.27

Cash price

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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.

$222.00

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.

$16.90 with Kaiser vs $65.00 with United — 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $16.90 ↓ -74%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $21.45 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $21.45 ↓ -67%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.25 ↓ -55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $42.25 ↓ -35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $54.60 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $54.60 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $57.85 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $58.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.00 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $65.00 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $65.00 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $65.00 ↓ -0%

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $141.10 $0.06 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $201.03 $0.26 – $0.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $484.07 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $123.88 $19.71 – $71.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $147.29 $10.40 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $6.50 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $260.23 $0.28 – $0.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $260.23 $0.33 – $0.54

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