Autologous blood process 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

$264.12

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.

$603.00

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.

$162.81 with BCBS - Anthem vs $603.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $162.81 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Navigate $178.99 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.99 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $217.73 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $220.41 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $266.27 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $266.27 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $271.35 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $301.50 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $337.68 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $373.86 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $373.86 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $391.95 ↑ +48%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $394.70 ↑ +49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $404.01 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $422.10 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $422.10 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $422.10 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $422.10 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $422.10 ↑ +60%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $435.46 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $470.34 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $566.82 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $566.82 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $566.82 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $566.82 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $603.00 ↑ +128%

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Autologous blood process at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $117.61 $154.00 – $288.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $116.34 $154.00 – $288.38
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $181.01 $31.70 – $253.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $93.79 $66.99 – $261.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $175.62 $98.89 – $320.54
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $182.70 $178.99 – $898.61
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $104.63 $52.50 – $375.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $286.13 $178.99 – $514.50

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