Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$229.08

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.

$523.00

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.

$26.70 with Health Net vs $407.94 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
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.70 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $32.34 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $111.32 ↓ -51%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $111.88 ↓ -51%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $141.21 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Navigate $182.03 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $185.34 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $185.34 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $185.53 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $185.53 ↓ -19%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $200.00 ↓ -13%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $223.76 ↓ -2%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $261.50 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $269.86 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $324.26 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $339.95 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $350.41 ↑ +53%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $366.10 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $366.10 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $366.10 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $366.10 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $366.10 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $391.59 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $391.59 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $407.94 ↑ +78%

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $286.08 $17.61 – $443.29
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $963.39 $57.78 – $127.70
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $374.93 $17.65 – $694.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $341.00 $17.65 – $125.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $130.54 $17.65 – $447.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $245.98 $17.65 – $530.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $243.33 $17.65 – $523.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $784.38 $86.15 – $128.35

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