Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$78.84
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.
$180.00
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.
$40.61 with United vs $159.18 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $40.61 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $48.60 | ↓ -38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Other Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Valley Care IPA | Commercial|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|Sea View | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Other Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $58.15 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $85.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $90.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $96.82 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $96.82 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $96.92 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $96.92 | ↑ +23% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.74 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $111.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $113.85 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $113.85 | ↑ +44% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $117.00 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.60 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $126.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $126.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $126.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $126.00 | ↑ +60% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $126.00 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $140.40 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $140.98 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $159.18 | ↑ +102% |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $108.63 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $132.68 | $24.03 – $110.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $34.03 | $13.22 – $50.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.52 | $12.98 – $129.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $45.64 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.15 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $113.73 | $53.03 – $67.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $60.69 | $48.04 – $77.11 |