Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at St. John's Camarillo Hospital

2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$85.41

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.

$195.00

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.

$1.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $20.65 with Cigna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $1.91 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $3.19 ↓ -96%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3.54 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.96 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.39 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4.39 ↓ -95%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $4.95 ↓ -94%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|Sea View $4.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $4.95 ↓ -94%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.52 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.14 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $6.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $6.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $6.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $6.65 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.07 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $7.07 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $7.07 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.07 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $7.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $12.20 ↓ -86%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $14.14 ↓ -83%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $14.14 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.65 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.65 ↓ -76%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $1.56 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.41 $7.62 – $42.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $158.36 $3.50 – $20.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.28 $4.06 – $11.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $145.04 $1.89 – $23.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.33 $1.77 – $22.37
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.15 $1.77 – $22.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $43.35 $7.78 – $53.34

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