Dark field exam spec collj 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

$73.59

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.

$168.00

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.

$10.74 with BCBS - Anthem vs $168.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $10.74 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $10.74 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.89 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.89 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.89 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $12.89 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $20.73 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $20.73 ↓ -72%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $21.48 ↓ -71%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $21.48 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.49 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.49 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $45.36 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $75.60 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $94.08 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $104.16 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $104.16 ↑ +42%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $109.20 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $112.56 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $117.60 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $117.60 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $117.60 ↑ +60%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $117.60 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $117.60 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $131.04 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $157.75 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $157.75 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $157.91 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $157.91 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $168.00 ↑ +128%

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Dark field exam spec collj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $10.53 – $87.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $10.74 – $110.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $10.74 – $125.62
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $10.74 – $50.11
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $125.91 – $125.91
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $10.53 – $94.24
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $9.13 – $21.48
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $10.74 – $28.67

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