Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$22.34

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.

$51.00

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.

$3.95 with Health Net vs $50.40 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $3.95 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.95 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $9.44 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $11.33 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.33 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.33 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.33 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $13.77 ↓ -38%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $18.88 ↓ -15%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $18.88 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.79 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $22.95 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.06 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.06 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $25.50 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.62 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $31.62 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $33.15 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.17 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $34.62 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $34.62 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $34.65 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $34.65 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $35.14 ↑ +57%
United Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $35.70 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $35.70 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $35.70 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.78 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.40 ↑ +126%

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