Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at St. John's Camarillo Hospital
2309 Antonio Ave, Camarillo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1073665360
$57.38
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.
$131.00
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.
$5.51 with Health Net vs $53.71 with Clinicas — 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.51 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5.73 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.94 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.94 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5.94 | ↓ -90% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.26 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|EPN | $6.30 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|DignityHealth | $7.56 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $7.56 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8.44 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $14.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.24 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $16.24 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $17.36 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.76 | ↓ -67% |
| Sea View | Commercial|All Plans | $19.60 | ↓ -66% |
| SeaView | Medicare|All Plans | $19.60 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|Sea View | $19.60 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Sea View | $19.60 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|Sea View | $19.60 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.84 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PPO Non MCS | $23.65 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $23.65 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO | $26.60 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HMO Non MCS | $26.60 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $28.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Ventura HP | Commercial|All Plans | $52.40 | ↓ -9% |
| Clinicas | Commercial|All Plans | $53.71 | ↓ -6% |
| Clinicas | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.71 | ↓ -6% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $7.28 – $13.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $5.51 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $3.64 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $3.34 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $4.75 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $7.28 – $14.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $6.08 – $17.15 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $65.33 | $5.36 – $33.87 |