Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes 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

$5.39

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.

$77.00

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.

$7.05 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS vs $332.00 with UHC ALL PAYER - 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
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS $7.05 ↑ +31%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $7.05 ↑ +31%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $7.05 ↑ +31%
ALIGNMENT HEALTH PLAN (AHP)-ALL PLANS ALIGNMENT HEALTH PLAN (AHP)-ALL PLANS $7.05 ↑ +31%
HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL PLANS HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $7.05 ↑ +31%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCR ADV HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCR ADV $7.05 ↑ +31%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $7.05 ↑ +31%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE ADV BLUE SHIELD MCARE ADV $7.05 ↑ +31%
CCA HEALTH PLAN MCR ADV- ALL PLANS CCA HEALTH PLAN MCR ADV- ALL PLANS $7.05 ↑ +31%
KNNEX HEALTH - ALL PLANS KNNEX HEALTH - ALL PLANS $8.46 ↑ +57%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $12.69 ↑ +135%
BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS $14.10 ↑ +162%
MEDCORE(OMNI IPA) OP ONLY- ALL PLANS MEDCORE(OMNI IPA) OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $20.02 ↑ +271%
BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $24.95 ↑ +363%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $25.87 ↑ +380%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $31.37 ↑ +482%
KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS $31.57 ↑ +486%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $37.81 ↑ +601%
NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS $38.50 ↑ +614%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $61.60 ↑ +1043%
FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS $63.14 ↑ +1071%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $69.30 ↑ +1186%
WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS $69.30 ↑ +1186%
THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS $69.30 ↑ +1186%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $69.30 ↑ +1186%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $73.15 ↑ +1257%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $77.00 ↑ +1329%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $77.00 ↑ +1329%
CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS $86.24 ↑ +1500%
HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL $96.25 ↑ +1686%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $110.03 ↑ +1941%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $129.65 ↑ +2305%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $144.06 ↑ +2573%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $292.00 ↑ +5317%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $315.00 ↑ +5744%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $332.00 ↑ +6060%

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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $58.70 $11.39 – $104.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $75.00 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $40.50 – $147.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $26.50 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $26.50 – $52.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $54.57 $135.15 – $135.15
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13.82 $9.87 – $39.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $43.68 $179.99 – $179.99

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