Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
975 S Fairmont Ave, Lodi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1316938301
$1.37
Cash price 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.
$19.55
Gross charge 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.
$0.22 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $27.93 with HEALTHNET MCAL — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $0.22 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.24 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $0.32 | ↓ -77% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $0.38 | ↓ -72% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $0.38 | ↓ -72% |
| MEDCORE(OMNI IPA) OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | MEDCORE(OMNI IPA) OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $5.08 | ↑ +271% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $6.33 | ↑ +362% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $6.57 | ↑ +380% |
| WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS | $6.65 | ↑ +385% |
| KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.01 | ↑ +485% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.11 | ↑ +492% |
| NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS | NETWORKS BY DESIGN- ALL PLANS | $8.80 | ↑ +542% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $9.60 | ↑ +601% |
| MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS | $15.64 | ↑ +1042% |
| FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS | $16.03 | ↑ +1070% |
| BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | $17.59 | ↑ +1184% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $17.59 | ↑ +1184% |
| THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS | $17.59 | ↑ +1184% |
| HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HP OF SAN JOAQUIN PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $18.57 | ↑ +1255% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $19.55 | ↑ +1327% |
| KAISER MCAL | KAISER MCAL | $19.55 | ↑ +1327% |
| CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS | CELTIC INS COMPANY - ALL PLANS | $21.89 | ↑ +1498% |
| HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL | HP OF SAN JOAQUIN MCAL | $24.43 | ↑ +1683% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $27.93 | ↑ +1939% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $0.37 – $11.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.49 – $0.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.42 | $0.38 – $21.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5.39 | $2.10 – $7.93 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.63 | $0.37 – $21.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3.34 | $0.20 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3.31 | $0.40 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12.41 | $0.49 – $0.56 |