IV push injection cost in Stockton, CA
In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for IV push of a medicine, first drug: from $149.65 to $609.00, with a median of $408.80. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton — $259.15 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $353.60 at 212 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 96374, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 2, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Stockton-Lodi, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton lowest Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 INJ TX/DX/PRO IVPUSH INIT | $149.65 | $509.00 | $49.82–$4,868.00 | 71% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 INJ FOR MICROBUBBLE STUDY | $156.41 | $532.00 | $49.82–$28,686.00 | 71% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dameron Hospital Stockton, CA · (209) 944-5550 Injection of drug or substance into vein | $296.80 | $659.55 | $71.46–$805.00 | 55% | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 THER PROPH/DX NJX IV PUSH SINGLE/1ST SBST/DRUG | $520.80 | $930.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG IV PUSH INITIAL DRUG | $609.00 | $609.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $149.65, median $408.80, highest $609.00 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $520.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
An IV push is a medicine given quickly through an IV line by a nurse, such as an anti-nausea drug or pain medicine in the emergency department. The code covers giving the medicine, not the drug itself.
What the price covers
The price covers a nurse giving the medicine through an IV line that is already in place. The drug, starting the IV and the visit itself are separate lines.