External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$76.65

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.

$175.00

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.

$40.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $464.07 with Aetna — 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|DignityHealth $40.50 ↓ -47%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $84.00 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $93.00 ↑ +21%
Ventura HP Commercial|All Plans $97.50 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.50 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|Sea View $105.00 ↑ +37%
SeaView Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +37%
Sea View Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Sea View $105.00 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|Sea View $105.00 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PPO Non MCS $141.00 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $141.00 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO $141.00 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO Non MCS $141.00 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Aetna Medicare|All Other Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
United Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Other Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|Sea View $144.61 ↑ +89%
Valley Care IPA Commercial|All Plans $144.61 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Navigate $150.00 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $150.00 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $150.00 ↑ +96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $184.50 ↑ +141%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $184.50 ↑ +141%
Clinicas Commercial|All Plans $289.22 ↑ +277%
Clinicas Medicaid|All Plans $289.22 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $383.71 ↑ +401%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $383.71 ↑ +401%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $464.07 ↑ +505%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.90 $75.00 – $372.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $116.55 $94.73 – $171.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.35 $40.50 – $438.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $93.50 $87.50 – $415.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $92.49 $87.50 – $415.57
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $143.90 $18.00 – $144.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $74.09 $36.75 – $175.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $136.15 $52.00 – $100.00

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