Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$723.14

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.

$1,651.00

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.

$70.93 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 $70.93 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $70.93 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $124.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $445.77 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $893.98 ↑ +24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $908.05 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,023.62 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $1,073.15 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,106.17 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $1,155.70 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $1,155.70 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $1,155.70 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $1,155.70 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $1,155.70 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $1,228.00 ↑ +70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,287.78 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,370.33 ↑ +89%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,628.92 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,651.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,782.00 ↑ +146%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,787.96 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +347%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,445.00 ↑ +515%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +517%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +517%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +582%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +644%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +644%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +983%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $854.51 $82.93 – $1,587.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,322.95 $57.67 – $2,940.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,341.99 $57.67 – $864.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,087.41 $57.67 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $912.66 $57.67 – $1,968.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $902.82 $57.67 – $1,943.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $843.03 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,043.46 $910.78 – $8,018.00

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