Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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

$1,174.72

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.

$2,682.00

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.

$49.40 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 $49.40 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $49.40 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $86.35 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $226.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $724.14 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All 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%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $893.98 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $1,228.00 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,341.00 ↑ +14%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $1,628.92 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,662.84 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $1,743.30 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,782.00 ↑ +52%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $1,787.96 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,796.94 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $1,877.40 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $1,877.40 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $1,877.40 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $1,877.40 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $1,877.40 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,091.96 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,226.06 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,682.00 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,230.00 ↑ +175%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,445.00 ↑ +278%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $4,465.00 ↑ +280%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $4,465.00 ↑ +280%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +320%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,383.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,832.00 ↑ +567%

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $952.17 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,001.10 $40.16 – $1,672.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,021.65 $32.08 – $121.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $807.13 $40.16 – $1,949.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $40.16 – $1,836.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $953.47 $40.16 – $1,813.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,049.07 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,096.03 $910.78 – $8,018.00

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