Prolonged IV inf, req pump 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

$224.91

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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.

$765.00

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.

$146.79 with Kaiser vs $1,657.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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

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|Affiliated Payers $146.79 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $146.79 ↓ -35%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $314.55 ↑ +40%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $400.01 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $419.40 ↑ +86%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $423.54 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
United Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $470.60 ↑ +109%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $470.60 ↑ +109%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $503.28 ↑ +124%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $573.18 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $699.00 ↑ +211%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $699.00 ↑ +211%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $699.00 ↑ +211%
United Commercial|Options PPO $699.00 ↑ +211%
United Commercial|HMO $699.00 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,123.00 ↑ +399%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,123.00 ↑ +399%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,160.00 ↑ +416%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,266.00 ↑ +463%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,585.00 ↑ +605%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,657.00 ↑ +637%

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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $149.75 $103.14 – $1,654.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $389.18 $283.23 – $871.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $328.84 $421.45 – $12,607.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $576.30 $295.97 – $302.01
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $339.21 $77.52 – $316.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $379.04 $406.78 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $251.94 $225.75 – $903.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $378.78 $435.87 – $695.00

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