Electrode stimulation brain 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

$1,475.19

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.

$3,368.00

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.

$394.83 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,472.00 with United — 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|Exchange $394.83 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $657.39 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $657.39 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $658.05 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $658.05 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $909.36 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $957.17 ↓ -35%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,684.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,088.16 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,256.56 ↑ +53%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $2,345.30 ↑ +59%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $2,357.60 ↑ +60%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $2,357.60 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $2,357.60 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $2,357.60 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|Sea View $2,357.60 ↑ +60%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $2,585.40 ↑ +75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,627.04 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,368.00 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|HMO $9,670.00 ↑ +556%
United Commercial|Navigate $16,472.00 ↑ +1017%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,472.00 ↑ +1017%

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Electrode stimulation brain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,918.55 $591.84 – $2,416.68
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,505.29 $483.56 – $2,909.62
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,740.91 $1,292.70 – $2,921.38
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,974.35 $188.43 – $2,043.29
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $358.15 – $1,180.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $452.62 – $1,219.29
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $513.27 – $1,104.48
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $204.75 – $1,157.02

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