Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$483.56

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.

$1,104.00

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.

$83.39 with Health Net vs $864.73 with Cigna — 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 $83.39 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $83.39 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $170.79 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $187.17 ↓ -61%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $226.19 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $298.08 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $311.63 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $311.63 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $311.95 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $311.95 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Navigate $401.74 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -17%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $452.38 ↓ -6%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $452.66 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $453.74 ↓ -6%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $552.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $684.48 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $717.60 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $739.68 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $772.80 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $772.80 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $772.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $772.80 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $772.80 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $861.12 ↑ +78%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $864.73 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $864.73 ↑ +79%

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,042.29 $55.12 – $723.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.29 $55.12 – $936.54
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $55.12 – $936.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $252.96 $218.84 – $291.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $295.80 $225.59 – $291.55
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $527.44 $55.12 – $736.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $265.71 $186.18 – $291.55
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $354.24 $191.76 – $417.35

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