Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug 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

$513.33

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.

$1,746.00

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.

$366.66 with Kaiser vs $36,153.00 with Health Net — 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 $366.66 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $366.66 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $785.70 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,047.60 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,257.12 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,414.26 ↑ +176%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,431.72 ↑ +179%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.00 ↑ +404%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,618.00 ↑ +994%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,696.00 ↑ +1399%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,323.00 ↑ +1716%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,004.00 ↑ +1849%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,004.00 ↑ +1849%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,004.00 ↑ +1849%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,813.00 ↑ +2006%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,448.00 ↑ +2520%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19,344.00 ↑ +3668%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25,371.00 ↑ +4842%
United Commercial|HMO $28,686.00 ↑ +5488%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $31,657.00 ↑ +6067%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $36,153.00 ↑ +6943%

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Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,474.66 $2,141.91 – $6,187.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $752.00 $878.50 – $1,721.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $667.97 $460.08 – $1,669.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,280.18 $235.01 – $6,213.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,270.52 $2,747.00 – $7,745.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,704.35 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,283.90 $204.75 – $2,493.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $931.59 $236.79 – $4,018.00

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