Contrast x-ray of elbow at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$398.58
Cash price 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.
$910.00
Gross charge 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.
$155.85 with Health Net vs $1,782.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.85 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.85 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $227.91 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $245.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $455.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $509.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $564.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $591.50 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $609.70 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $637.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $637.00 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $637.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $637.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $637.00 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $709.80 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $828.27 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $855.40 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $855.40 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $855.40 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $855.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $907.54 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $910.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $924.76 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,782.69 | ↑ +347% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,782.69 | ↑ +347% |
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $844.02 | $118.50 – $773.09 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,559.07 | $384.83 – $610.96 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,679.94 | $495.35 – $617.22 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $662.88 | $381.40 – $830.11 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $573.65 | $160.25 – $1,229.72 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $942.72 | $381.40 – $830.11 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $349.92 | $381.40 – $830.11 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $647.15 | $159.45 – $1,229.72 |