Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$635.54
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.
$1,451.00
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.
$126.81 with Health Net vs $10,984.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $126.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $126.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $154.32 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $391.77 | ↓ -38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $798.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $899.62 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $943.15 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $972.17 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $1,015.70 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $1,015.70 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $1,015.70 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,015.70 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $1,015.70 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.78 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,204.33 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,451.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $2,072.04 | ↑ +226% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,382.52 | ↑ +275% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $3,977.00 | ↑ +526% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,529.00 | ↑ +613% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,494.00 | ↑ +764% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5,772.00 | ↑ +808% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $6,264.00 | ↑ +886% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $6,264.00 | ↑ +886% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,598.00 | ↑ +938% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,549.00 | ↑ +1088% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $7,549.00 | ↑ +1088% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,984.00 | ↑ +1628% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $840.39 | $148.04 – $1,167.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,660.05 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,746.67 | $103.10 – $2,742.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,631.70 | $75.29 – $285.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,599.76 | $103.10 – $2,518.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $680.05 | $103.10 – $1,466.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $672.72 | $103.10 – $1,448.07 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,503.48 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |