Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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.

$22.43 with Blue Shield CA vs $102.18 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 $22.43 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $22.43 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $22.58 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $26.83 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Navigate $27.13 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.13 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $27.13 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $30.05 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $33.38 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|DignityHealth $35.37 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $37.23 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $37.63 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $37.63 ↓ -34%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $39.30 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|Sea View $39.30 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $39.30 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $39.30 ↓ -32%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $39.30 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $47.85 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $47.85 ↓ -17%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $52.40 ↓ -9%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $53.71 ↓ -6%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $53.71 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.71 ↓ -5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $65.50 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $75.98 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.98 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $81.22 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $87.77 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $102.18 ↑ +78%

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $101.44 $26.33 – $232.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $185.81 $22.43 – $232.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.11 $11.89 – $76.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $82.21 $18.50 – $74.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $53.81 $21.31 – $127.10
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $82.91 $23.06 – $34.57
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $144.00 $16.14 – $272.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $79.80 $13.91 – $183.00

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