Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$454.65

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.

$1,038.00

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.

$45.72 with Health Net vs $7,832.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $45.72 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $45.72 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $79.91 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $118.53 ↓ -74%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $241.45 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $272.18 ↓ -40%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $285.35 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $294.13 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|Sea View $307.30 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $307.30 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $307.30 ↓ -32%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $307.30 ↓ -32%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $307.30 ↓ -32%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $342.42 ↓ -25%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $364.37 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $375.07 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $439.00 ↓ -3%
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%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +610%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,598.00 ↑ +691%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +882%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +882%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +985%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1084%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +1084%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +1623%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $290.75 $79.58 – $359.87
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,317.84 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $451.97 $37.17 – $1,034.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $808.53 $24.58 – $93.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $370.05 $37.17 – $876.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $287.37 $37.17 – $618.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $612.51 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $498.27 $413.57 – $3,982.87

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