Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$19.11

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.

$65.00

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.

$1.49 with United vs $65.00 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.

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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
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.49 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.49 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $1.49 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.83 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2.02 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.13 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.13 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.30 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.87 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2.87 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -71%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $5.49 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $16.90 ↓ -12%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $29.25 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.86 ↑ +109%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $54.60 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.00 ↑ +240%

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Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.49 – $52.26
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $7.73 $0.86 – $0.86
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $7.73 $0.86 – $0.86
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86

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