C-Section Delivery (full care) at LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC

975 S Fairmont Ave, Lodi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1316938301

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 2, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$623.00

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.

$8,900.00

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.

$1,390.97 with MEDI-CAL vs $3,631.02 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $1,390.97 ↑ +123%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $1,390.97 ↑ +123%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $1,390.97 ↑ +123%
CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS $1,390.97 ↑ +123%
HP MCAL PRO FEE HP MCAL PRO FEE $1,530.07 ↑ +146%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $1,669.16 ↑ +168%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL $1,669.16 ↑ +168%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $2,132.00 ↑ +242%
KNNEX HEALTH - ALL PLANS KNNEX HEALTH - ALL PLANS $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
ALIGNMENT HEALTH PLAN (AHP)-ALL PLANS ALIGNMENT HEALTH PLAN (AHP)-ALL PLANS $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE ADV BLUE SHIELD MCARE ADV $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCR ADV HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCR ADV $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $2,359.30 ↑ +279%
HP HEALTHY KIDS PRO FEE HP HEALTHY KIDS PRO FEE $2,477.27 ↑ +298%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $2,489.08 ↑ +300%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $2,595.23 ↑ +317%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $2,605.36 ↑ +318%
FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS $2,831.16 ↑ +354%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $3,067.09 ↑ +392%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,067.09 ↑ +392%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $3,067.09 ↑ +392%
BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,144.86 ↑ +405%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,165.15 ↑ +408%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $3,165.15 ↑ +408%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $3,165.15 ↑ +408%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $3,185.06 ↑ +411%
NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS $3,185.06 ↑ +411%
KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,185.06 ↑ +411%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $3,323.42 ↑ +433%
WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS $3,373.80 ↑ +442%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,631.02 ↑ +483%

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C-Section Delivery (full care) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $1,691.00 $65.00 – $3,631.02
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $1,691.00 $95.00 – $3,631.02
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $1,335.00 $90.00 – $3,847.98
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $5,874.00 $60.00 – $3,437.50
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $2,670.00 $90.00 – $3,693.07
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $1,513.00 $65.00 – $3,693.07
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $2,403.00 $90.00 – $3,847.98
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $1,691.00 $90.00 – $3,437.50

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