Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$3,621.83

Cash price

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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.

$8,269.00

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.

$61.37 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,449.82 with MultiPlan — 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|Exchange $61.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $102.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $102.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $130.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $130.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $148.72 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $960.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $960.00 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,822.23 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,822.23 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $1,884.98 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,884.98 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,884.98 ↓ -48%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,071.67 ↓ -43%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $2,123.94 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $2,232.63 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,412.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $2,480.70 ↓ -32%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $2,480.70 ↓ -32%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $2,480.70 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|Sea View $2,480.70 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $2,480.70 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,988.00 ↓ -18%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $3,307.60 ↓ -9%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $3,390.29 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,736.44 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,134.50 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,688.62 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,796.02 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,796.02 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,126.78 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,540.23 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,449.82 ↑ +78%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,459.58 $57.45 – $1,933.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $101.78 – $36,750.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $380.62 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,549.79 $10.40 – $1,204.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,489.96 $10.40 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,459.58 $62.18 – $1,933.30
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,459.58 $74.17 – $1,933.30
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,459.58 $146.47 – $2,284.82

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