Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$124.40

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.

$284.00

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.

$21.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $130.67 with Aetna — 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 Commercial|DignityHealth $21.63 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.87 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $35.09 ↓ -72%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $36.04 ↓ -71%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $40.04 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Navigate $42.11 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $42.11 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $44.85 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.65 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $49.65 ↓ -60%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $52.06 ↓ -58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $53.66 ↓ -57%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $56.06 ↓ -55%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $56.06 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|Sea View $56.06 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $56.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $56.06 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $62.47 ↓ -50%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $70.18 ↓ -44%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $70.18 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $75.28 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $75.28 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $75.28 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $75.28 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $93.11 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $93.11 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $130.67 ↑ +5%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $224.91 $34.39 – $336.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $23.05 – $107.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $23.05 – $119.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.18 $23.05 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.50 $23.05 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $204.51 $35.09 – $425.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $178.50 $35.09 – $804.29
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $97.23 $8.01 – $64.07

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