Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous 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

$25.88

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$88.00

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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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$11.96 with Kaiser vs $46.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $11.96 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $11.96 ↓ -54%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $15.18 ↓ -41%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $15.18 ↓ -41%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $20.70 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $27.60 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $29.90 ↑ +16%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.12 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.72 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|HMO $38.64 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $38.64 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.94 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $41.40 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $46.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $46.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $46.00 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $46.00 ↑ +78%

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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.76 $2.07 – $2.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $115.99 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $106.24 $46.44 – $168.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $12.40 – $31.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $7.75 – $31.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $89.76 $2.24 – $2.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $89.76 $2.67 – $2.88

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