Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$282.51

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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.

$645.00

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.

$34.27 with BCBS - Anthem vs $131.14 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.

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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 $34.27 ↓ -88%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $38.07 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|Sea View $38.07 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $38.07 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $38.07 ↓ -87%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $49.80 ↓ -82%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $50.76 ↓ -82%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $52.03 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $58.38 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $59.65 ↓ -79%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $63.45 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $67.44 ↓ -76%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -76%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $68.06 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $73.61 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $73.61 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $78.68 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $80.31 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $85.03 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $86.54 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Navigate $87.58 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $87.58 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.58 ↓ -69%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $91.30 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $100.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $100.26 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $110.18 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $126.90 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $131.14 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $131.14 ↓ -54%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $920.20 $52.45 – $540.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $842.80 $52.45 – $540.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $166.21 $40.80 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.80 $40.80 – $100.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.72 $53.08 – $120.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.72 $53.08 – $143.22
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $172.25 $53.08 – $282.82
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $222.65 $106.15 – $143.57

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