Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$97.24

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.

$222.00

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.

$13.77 with BCBS - Anthem vs $266.01 with Aetna — 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 $13.77 ↓ -86%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $26.25 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.62 ↓ -67%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $33.15 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.17 ↓ -65%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $35.70 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↓ -63%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $35.70 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.78 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $43.71 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $43.71 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $43.76 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $43.76 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Navigate $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|HMO $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $51.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $51.00 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $51.00 ↓ -48%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $62.73 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $62.73 ↓ -35%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $102.00 ↑ +5%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $102.00 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $234.14 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $234.14 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +174%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $231.03 $24.29 – $98.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.93 $28.50 – $227.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.52 $18.89 – $71.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.59 $15.39 – $267.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.72 $25.00 – $253.59
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.22 $25.00 – $253.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $108.12 $30.70 – $98.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $189.72 $34.81 – $98.94

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