Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$57.38

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.

$131.00

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.

$8.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $52.26 with MultiPlan — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|EPN $8.00 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8.00 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11.15 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.22 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $12.19 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.19 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.19 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.32 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.32 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13.81 ↓ -76%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.02 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.85 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $16.92 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $18.09 ↓ -68%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -65%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $20.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $26.42 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $26.42 ↓ -54%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $26.80 ↓ -53%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $27.47 ↓ -52%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $27.47 ↓ -52%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $33.50 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $33.59 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $33.59 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $38.41 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.86 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.86 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $41.54 ↓ -28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.89 ↓ -22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.26 ↓ -9%

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $14.84 – $17.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $104.44 $10.61 – $66.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $123.09 $8.15 – $90.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $127.26 $4.41 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $125.89 $9.75 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $191.76 $16.06 – $17.52
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $191.76 $15.95 – $19.16
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $191.76 $6.80 – $37.83

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