CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$2,148.39

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.

$4,905.00

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.

$226.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,825.90 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $226.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Navigate $401.74 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $419.13 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $419.13 ↓ -80%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $452.38 ↓ -79%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $452.66 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $751.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,016.36 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $1,252.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $1,252.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $1,252.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,252.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $1,324.35 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,566.00 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,566.00 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,822.00 ↓ -15%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,452.50 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,041.10 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $3,188.25 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,286.35 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $3,433.50 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $3,433.50 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $3,433.50 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $3,433.50 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $3,433.50 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,825.90 ↑ +78%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,795.19 $35.60 – $3,060.35
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,113.88 $236.37 – $2,039.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,793.37 $226.19 – $7,238.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,935.40 $277.04 – $1,918.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,032.91 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,729.30 $226.19 – $8,041.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,689.09 $226.19 – $7,941.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,388.15 $249.04 – $2,577.85

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