Cefotaxime sodium injection 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

$29.35

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.

$67.00

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.

$9.97 with United vs $52.26 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
United Commercial|HMO $9.97 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.97 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.97 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Navigate $9.97 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11.76 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $11.76 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.35 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.35 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.11 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $15.76 ↓ -46%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.32 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $18.09 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $19.52 ↓ -33%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -32%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $24.41 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $25.19 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $25.19 ↓ -14%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $26.80 ↓ -9%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $27.47 ↓ -6%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $27.47 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $32.03 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $32.03 ↑ +9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $33.50 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $36.62 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.86 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.86 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $41.54 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.89 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.26 ↑ +78%

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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $41.56 $7.24 – $91.14
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $12.56 $2.33 – $43.56
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $33.78 $10.00 – $39.43
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $33.49 $2.34 – $26.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $30.56 $7.17 – $47.45
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $33.04 $10.00 – $39.51
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $38.32 $5.46 – $47.45
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $38.47 $4.16 – $40.14

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