Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag 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

$196.23

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.

$448.00

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.

$120.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,984.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $120.96 ↓ -38%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $246.40 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $277.76 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $291.20 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $300.16 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|Sea View $313.60 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $313.60 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $313.60 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $313.60 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $313.60 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $349.44 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $371.84 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $448.00 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $551.04 ↑ +181%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $551.04 ↑ +181%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $881.66 ↑ +349%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,529.00 ↑ +2208%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,932.00 ↑ +2413%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $6,264.00 ↑ +3092%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $6,264.00 ↑ +3092%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +3747%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,549.00 ↑ +3747%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,984.00 ↑ +5498%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,132.74 $836.05 – $2,104.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,368.95 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $487.07 $506.70 – $1,014.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,417.92 $292.85 – $1,109.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $405.72 $239.49 – $869.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $554.28 $506.70 – $1,221.15
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $548.30 $506.70 – $1,308.78
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $877.20 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00

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