Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$21.90

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.

$50.00

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.

$2.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $62.47 with Aetna — 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 $2.16 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $3.60 ↓ -84%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.48 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4.96 ↓ -77%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $5.20 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.36 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $5.60 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|Sea View $5.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $5.60 ↓ -74%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -74%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.24 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $7.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $7.52 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.00 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $8.00 ↓ -63%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.84 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.84 ↓ -55%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -27%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.49 ↑ +103%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.49 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $62.47 ↑ +185%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.89 $3.28 – $140.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $148.92 $16.43 – $136.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $295.04 $4.34 – $8.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.78 $4.00 – $48.19
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $43.31 $4.00 – $48.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $167.79 $16.77 – $173.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $85.68 $16.77 – $196.27
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $60.53 $0.80 – $6.40

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