Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$454.65
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$64.62 with Health Net vs $14,103.00 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 |
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| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.62 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.62 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $112.97 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $152.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $226.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $226.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $310.20 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $349.68 | ↓ -23% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $366.60 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $377.88 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $394.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $394.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $394.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $394.80 | ↓ -13% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $394.80 | ↓ -13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $439.92 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $468.12 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $564.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $682.44 | ↑ +50% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $750.14 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $1,228.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,782.00 | ↑ +292% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,598.00 | ↑ +691% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.00 | ↑ +985% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,816.00 | ↑ +1179% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $8,043.00 | ↑ +1669% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $8,043.00 | ↑ +1669% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $9,683.00 | ↑ +2030% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,683.00 | ↑ +2030% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,103.00 | ↑ +3002% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,035.83 | $96.71 – $959.33 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,317.84 | $413.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $752.00 | $52.54 – $994.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,094.24 | $31.05 – $117.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $605.25 | $52.54 – $876.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $348.00 | $52.54 – $738.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $338.75 | $52.54 – $729.17 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,007.36 | $435.83 – $7,745.00 |