Car seat/bed test 60 minutes 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

$58.70

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.

$134.00

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.

$32.24 with Blue Shield CA vs $134.00 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
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $32.24 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|Sea View $32.24 ↓ -45%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $32.24 ↓ -45%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $32.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $32.24 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $36.18 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $49.87 ↓ -15%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -15%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $67.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $75.04 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $83.08 ↑ +42%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $85.24 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $89.78 ↑ +53%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $99.74 ↑ +70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $104.52 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $125.96 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $125.96 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $125.96 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $125.96 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $134.00 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $134.00 ↑ +128%

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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $96.30 $49.87 – $220.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.20 $49.87 – $220.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $49.87 – $83.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $49.87 – $82.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $54.57 $53.03 – $345.18
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $27.64 $19.74 – $78.96
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $87.84 $40.83 – $88.87
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $88.70 $27.36 – $111.72

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