Chromatography 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

$11.10

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.

$25.34

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.

$4.86 with BCBS - Anthem vs $67.23 with Aetna — 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|DignityHealth $4.86 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $8.10 ↓ -27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.08 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.16 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11.16 ↑ +1%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $11.70 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.06 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $12.60 ↑ +14%
United Medicare|Sea View $12.60 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $12.60 ↑ +14%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↑ +14%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.04 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $16.92 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $16.92 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $16.92 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $16.92 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Navigate $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.00 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.00 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $18.00 ↑ +62%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.14 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.14 ↑ +99%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +224%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +224%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.92 ↑ +332%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.92 ↑ +332%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $67.23 ↑ +506%

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Chromatography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $3.61 – $25.41
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4.75 $17.70 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.85 $9.00 – $46.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $9.75 – $18.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.94 $4.86 – $54.71
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.41 $7.98 – $51.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.30 $7.98 – $51.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $25.50 $18.06 – $185.51

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