Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$254.04

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.

$580.00

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.

$13.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $194.05 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 $13.50 ↓ -95%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.00 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -88%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $32.50 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.50 ↓ -87%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $35.00 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|Sea View $35.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $35.00 ↓ -86%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $47.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $47.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $47.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $47.00 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Navigate $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $50.00 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $50.00 ↓ -80%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $61.50 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $61.50 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.54 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $72.54 ↓ -71%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -61%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $194.05 ↓ -24%

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $76.38 $10.69 – $175.57
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $162.22 $27.50 – $70.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $33.30 $7.35 – $28.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $148.57 $14.85 – $82.81
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $126.52 $25.00 – $78.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $125.15 $25.00 – $78.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $108.49 $10.50 – $50.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $112.81 $12.00 – $50.00

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