Culture body fluid at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$281.20
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.
$642.00
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.
$8.62 with Blue Shield CA vs $34.48 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.
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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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $9.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $10.34 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $15.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.24 | ↓ -94% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.24 | ↓ -94% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $17.24 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $19.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $21.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $22.42 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $22.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.86 | ↓ -92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $24.14 | ↓ -91% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $24.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $24.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $24.14 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $24.14 | ↓ -91% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $26.90 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $32.06 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $32.42 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $32.42 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $32.42 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $32.42 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $34.48 | ↓ -88% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture body fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $62.50 | $1.72 – $17.46 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $382.50 | $8.45 – $70.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $521.74 | $8.62 – $22.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $129.21 | $8.62 – $147.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $477.85 | $5.56 – $26.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $223.72 | $8.62 – $24.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $221.31 | $8.62 – $24.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $200.43 | $8.62 – $88.76 |