Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$580.35

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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.

$1,325.00

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.

$104.57 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 $104.57 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $104.57 ↓ -82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $127.43 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $357.75 ↓ -38%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $728.75 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $785.56 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $821.50 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $861.25 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $887.75 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $927.50 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $927.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $927.50 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $927.50 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $927.50 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,033.50 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,099.75 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,325.00 ↑ +128%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,452.04 ↑ +150%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +171%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +457%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $3,977.00 ↑ +585%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,445.00 ↑ +666%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +669%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +669%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +750%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +828%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +828%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $5,772.00 ↑ +895%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +1250%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $976.14 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,108.56 $63.13 – $239.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $619.20 $85.02 – $1,335.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $612.53 $85.02 – $1,318.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,047.87 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $806.82 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,204.22 $845.19 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,874.87 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00

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